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Bloomberg India plans to impose stringent quality control measures and higher tariffs on imports from China, people with the knowledge of the matter said, as a military standoff between the neighbours threaten economic ties. The state-run Bureau of Indian Standards is finalising tougher norms for at least 370 products to ensure items that can be locally produced aren’t imported, the …

BUCHAREST / WAM The UAE Ambassador to Romania, Dr Ahmed Abdullah Saeed Al Matroushi, has met with Romanian State Secretary for Global Affairs and Diplomatic Strategies at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cornel Feruta, and discussed enhancing relations between the two countries. During the meeting, which was held at the ministry’s premises in Bucharest, the two sides explored means of …

Bloomberg European natural gas traders are storing more gas than ever in Ukraine as sites closer to home are rapidly filling up. Storage sites on the continent, ranging from old salt caverns to huge overground tanks, are fuller-than-normal after two mild winters and the plunge in demand caused by the pandemic. The unprecedented glut means prices are languishing near record …

Bloomberg Spain’s Iberdrola SA is canceling a project in Mexico to build a $1.2 billion combined-cycle plant because it can’t secure a supply of natural gas, according to Mexican officials. The mayor of Tuxpan, Juan Antonio Aguilar, said in an interview that representatives of Iberdrola told him that it’s scrapping the project in his city because in nine months it …

Bloomberg Oil exploration shrank for a 14th straight week in US fields amid weak crude prices and skepticism about a recovery in energy demand. Drillers idled 10 oil rigs in onshore US fields this week, bringing the total to 189, according to data released by Baker Hughes Co. Despite this week’s rise in crude prices to a three-month high around …

Bloomberg As Europe prepares a multi-billion-dollar blitz to cut greenhouse gas emissions, a race is on to cash in on the green transformation of the nation with the region’s most polluting power plant. Poland, which currently relies on coal for more than 70% of its electricity generation, is stepping up efforts to replace the dirty fuel with renewable energy. As …

Bloomberg In a parched and dusty patch of land in California’s central valley, a series of wells has been pumping out some of the state’s dirtiest crude oil. Almost a century after the Chico-Martinez oilfield was first opened about 145 miles north of Los Angeles, it is still producing heavy crude. But to do it, drillers have turned to techniques …

Bloomberg South Africa’s government is considering selling a green infrastructure bond worth tens of billions of rand as part of its biggest drive ever to kickstart private investment in projects ranging from energy to water reticulation. The proposed instrument is one of several mechanisms the country could use to raise finance for projects worth as much as $86 billion over …

Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s biggest stockholder publicly backed a 9 billion-euro ($10 billion) government bailout, giving the rescue plan a major shot of momentum and boosting the airline’s shares and bonds just before a crunch vote. With Heinz Hermann Thiele declaring support after days of frenzied speculation about his intentions, the state rescue appears likely to secure the two-thirds backing …

Bloomberg EasyJet Plc raised about 419 million pounds ($520 million) in a share sale, padding its coffers for the gearing up of flights as the European aviation sector emerges from the coronavirus lockdown. The stock offering, equal to almost 15% of the existing share base, was placed at the price of 703 pence a share, representing a 5% discount to …