Bloomberg Thirteen Japanese nuclear reactors were constructed with steel from the same company used in a French power plant that’s under scrutiny for anomalies found in the reactor vessel’s structure. Six utilities used steel from Japan Casting & Forging Corp., they all said in separate statements. The steelmaker was identified by Japanese authorities last month as supplying steel to ...

  Bloomberg China reported it added about 43 million barrels of crude to its strategic reserves between the middle of 2015 and early this year, in a rare release of such data by the world’s second-biggest oil user. The statement posted on the website of the country’s National Bureau of Statistics is the first update the government has given on ...

  Bloomberg The global nickel market will discover the severity of the Philippines’ mining audit next Thursday as President Rodrigo Duterte’s government presents the findings of the checkup and announces support for communities affected by any further suspensions. Benchmark prices surged. The audit in the world’s largest mined nickel supplier has been completed after 16 teams fanned out across the ...