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Bloomberg Coal may have fallen out of favour in China, North America and Europe but India and other Asian nations will ensure the dirtiest fossil fuel continues to supply more than a quarter of the world’s energy. Rapid economic development in parts of Asia will rely on coal-fired plants, the International Energy Agency said in its Coal 2017 market report. ...

Bloomberg Oil extended gains toward $58 a barrel as US drillers targeting crude reduced the rig count for the first time in four weeks. Futures added 0.7 percent in New York after rising 0.5 percent. US explorers trimmed the number of rigs by four to 747 last week, according to Baker Hughes data. Hedge funds have boosted bets on rising ...

Bloomberg Nigeria’s rush to keep its citizens supplied with fuel is expected to boost purchases of European gasoline in December, offering a potential respite to European refineries and storage terminals threatened by an oversupply that has battered margins. Nigeria has been on a gasoline buying spree after fuel queues built up at filling stations this month, even as the government ...

Bloomberg China has ordered the country’s biggest explorers to cut their use of natural gas to divert more of the fuel to the north, where a harsh winter is causing shortages. China National Petroleum Corp., China Petrochemical Corp. and China National Offshore Oil Corp. should reduce the consumption of natural gas in their refineries, oil drilling and liquefied natural gas ...

Bloomberg Many of the cargo containers passing through India’s busiest port in Mumbai have a small piece of Japan Inc. attached: Devices from NEC Corp. that can be tracked as the containers rumble through the interior of Asia’s third-largest economy. The partnership between NEC and the port illustrates the strengthening relationship between Tokyo and New Delhi. Japan is seeking growth ...

Bloomberg Adani Enterprises Ltd. will build Australia’s largest coal mine by itself after canceling a planned $1.5 billion deal with Australia’s Downer EDI Ltd. to help construct the Carmichael project in Queensland state. Adani and Downer mutually agreed to cancel all letters of award for work on the mine first made three years ago, Adani’s Australian unit said. The decision ...

Bloomberg China’s home prices are warming up in the nation’s smaller cities, even as the government prolongs a campaign to rein in speculation and control bubbles. New-home price gains are picking up the most in the third-tier cities, rising 0.46 percent in November on a month-on-month basis, according to Bloomberg Intelligence calculations based on government data tracking 70 cities. The ...

Bloomberg Coffee trading is slowing in Vietnam, the top robusta producer, on expectations that a larger harvest and changes to the London futures contract next year will give buyers bigger discounts. Roasters and traders are delaying purchases on bets that a bigger crop currently being gathered will push prices lower, according to traders attending the Asia International Coffee Conference in ...

Bloomberg Global A&T Electronics, a Singapore-based chip assembler that took on hefty debt a decade ago through a buyout by TPG Capital and Affinity Equity Partners, filed for bankruptcy as a 2013 debt exchange came back to haunt it. The chip-assembler listed debt of more than $1 billion and assets of over $500 million in Chapter 11 papers filed in ...

Bloomberg China is planning to tell local governments to stop offering subsidies for electric cars and other new-energy vehicles, people familiar with the matter said, a move that could undermine demand for autos made by companies including BYD Co. and BAIC Motor Corp. The Ministry of Finance is working on a plan that would mandate authorities to phase out the ...