Nickel prices in China hit a record high on Wednesday with prices rising 17% to hit 267,700 yuan (about $42,400) a tonne, touching the ceiling for permitted daily gains

Spot thermal coal prices for the Newcastle Port benchmark have soared 35% over the past week to a record $353.75 a tonne, stoked by supply shortages

Producer price index (PPI) increased 8.8% on year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said, easing from 9.1% growth in January and slightly higher than analysts expected

Prices of thermal coal, typically used to generate electricity, have shot to record highs due to increased buying by Europe after sanctions on Russia

European diesel supplies have shrunk following the disruption caused by sanctions imposed on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine

Huge imports of the metal into China, much of it by speculators taking advantage of relatively low prices, consumed the market surplus in 2021, a global trade body said

Sources claim Tsingshan’s move to reduce its exposure to costly margin calls helped fuel record price rises in the vital metal

London Metal Exchange suspended trading of nickel on Tuesday after prices more than doubled to cross a record $100,000 per tonne.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is ramping up the price of metals used in cars, from aluminium to palladium to the high-grade nickel in electric vehicle batteries

Tech firm DiBiz started the world's first online marketplace for "sustainable palm oil" on Tuesday to encourage sales of products certified as environmentally compliant

London nickel prices soared as much as 30.7% on Monday, the biggest daily percentage gain on record, as supply fears gripped markets amid an escalating Russia-Ukraine conflict

The state planning body plans to boost output and reserves of oil, gas, as well as coal, which powers more than 60% of China's electricity generation plants