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Core consumer inflation hit 2.8% in August, its fastest since late 2014, which was well over the central bank's target. Price pressure is seen as lasting longer than the BoJ expected
China bought a record 8.54 million tonnes of Russian coal last month to help deal with extreme hot weather, plus 15.8 million tonnes of thermal coal from Indonesia.
Traders expected China's exports of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel to rebound in August after Beijing issued more export quotas in June and July.
The world's largest exporter of coal wants to retire some coal plants early and nearly double the proportion of renewable power sources in its energy mix to 23% by 2025
Rio said it would invest $1.3bn to develop the Pilbara mine and hold a 54% stake, while state-owned China Baowu will hold 46% and invest $700 million
Nickel miner PT Vale Indonesia and China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt will work together on the Sorowako plant processing 60,000 tonnes of nickel
Covid lockdowns could lead to China's oil demand contracting for the first time in two decades
Indonesia may join India and China in buying cheap Russian crude because of pressure of rising costs, President Joko Widow has said
India's crude oil flows from Russia have soared from 2% of its total imports to more than 12% since February – when Russia invaded Ukraine
China's demand for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel could fall by 380,000 barrels a day this year - the first decline in 20 years, largely because of Covid curbs
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