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
Mining giant Anglo-American has unveiled a prototype of what it says is the world’s largest hydrogen-powered mining truck
The goal of the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak project is to unlock the secret to clean and limitless energy on earth, with minimal waste products
The US state department says it is aware of talks between Russia and India concerning the purchase of oil. It has no objection to India buying Russian oil, provided it buys at discount
Hundreds of people have died and thousands have been detained in Kazakhstan during the worst violence seen in the Central Asian nation since it became independent in the early 1990s. The unrest in Kazakhstan poses risks for energy markets, and even cryptocurrencies.