Energodigest

Analytics and updates on key energy events from the B1 Moscow Energy Center.

A better future for Russian coal?

The period of record growth for thermal coal has apparently come to an end, with Newcastle coal futures, the benchmark for Asia’s coal-consuming region, plummeting 59.2% YTD, from $393 to $160 per tonne, the lowest level since January 2022.

25.05.2023

Energy

An interrupted friendship

After banning seaborne crude imports from Russia, the European Commission is now considering further restrictions on Russian supplies as part of a new package of sanctions, this time targeted at the Druzhba pipeline.

19.05.2023

Oil

Lithium taking a nosedive

After skyrocketing to a record CNY 597,500 a tonne in 2002, the price of lithium carbonate in China continues to decline, from CNY 519,500 in January to CNY 165,500 in April this year, down around 68%.

27.04.2023

Metals

Golden highs

Gold continues on its bullish run, with a troy ounce again climbing above $2,000, having landed at $2,022 in early April, up 10.2% from the level at the beginning of the year and just a smidgen below the record high seen in August 2020.

13.04.2023

Non-ferrous metals Gold

A preemptive move by OPEC+

While the global economy is on tenterhooks amid fears over what the future might bring, the members of OPEC’s Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee have reaffirmed their commitment to the Declaration of Cooperation, which extends to the end of 2023.

06.04.2023

Oil

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