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Oil Tankers Are Queuing Off China's Coast in Rapid Rebound

Queues of tankers have formed off China’s busiest oil ports as the vessels wait to offload crude for refineries that are quickly ramping up production amid a rapid rebound in fuel demand.

Photo: Bloomberg.

Another Attempt to Produce Rare-Earth Minerals in the U.S.

American companies across the board are striving to reduce their dependence on China as a source of manufacturing, but one industry sector is especially keen to bring production back to the U.S.

Annealed neodymium iron boron magnets sit in a barrel prior to being crushed into powder. One of several rare earth elements, neodymium is critical to the motors used in electric vehicles. Photo: Bloomberg.

Historic EU Recovery Plan Has Green Strings Attached

Meeting the climate-neutrality goal is a key pillar of a 750 billion-euro ($824 billion) economic recovery plan unveiled by the European Commission.

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200,000 Ship Crew Stuck at Sea Facing ‘Humanitarian Crisis’

Even as countries try returning to some semblance of pre-pandemic life, ongoing restrictions are wearing thin a crucial human link in the global supply chain.

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Petrochemical Supply Chain & Logistics 2020 Goes Virtual And Offers Free Registration

Reuters Events is relaunching the Petrochemical Supply Chain & Logistics 2020 Conference as a free virtual event to help the downstream sector and its adjacent supply chain overcome the most challenging business environment in memory.

China’s Great Energy Shift Sets Mega Hybrid Projects in Motion

In China’s latest efforts to pit renewable energy against fossil fuels, it is again betting on size.

Source: Bloomberg

Carmakers Urged to Invest in Mines to Avoid Battery Metal Pinch

Mine developers scrambling to fund projects to meet forecast demand for battery metals see the threat of looming supply crunches as a trigger for electric-vehicle makers to step in with investments.

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Mobile Power Plants Are Taking to the High Seas

As economic lockdowns complicate efforts to bring electricity to every corner of the planet, one company is putting generation units on ships that can sit offshore and plug into local grids at short notice.

An LNG power ship undocks in Singapore. Photo: Bloomberg.

Renewables Are the Only Winners in Historic Decline in Energy Demand

The coronavirus lockdown will cause the biggest drop in energy demand in history, with only renewables managing to increase output through the crisis.

Source: Bloomberg

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Six Supply-Chain Strategies for Oil and Gas in the Coronavirus Era

With oil prices at historic lows, it's time to reevaluate supply-chain and procurement strategies.

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The Hottest Trade in Commodities Is Finding Space to Store Them

The cost of storage is exploding, in sharp contrast to the price of the commodities themselves, which are collapsing amid the chaos of the coronavirus.

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