Tags - Coronavirus
The closure of all coal mines in Pennsylvania by the state government as of 8pm local time on 20 March until further notice, in an attempt to control the spread of the coronavirus, has the potential to remove a large volume of coking coal from the market.
News ID: 8798    Publish Date : 2020/03/20

Brazil's state-controlled Petrobras has postponed the receipt of binding offers for its domestic refineries as the oil price crash and coronavirus drastically alter market conditions.
News ID: 8796    Publish Date : 2020/03/20

India's border closures and looming nationwide lockdown in the coming days to contain the spread of the coronavirus are prompting market concerns about delivery and supply chain disruptions for one of the world's biggest metal consumers.
News ID: 8795    Publish Date : 2020/03/20

German containership company Hapag-Lloyd burned 28pc more low-sulphur fuel in 2019 than in the year, as most of its fleet switched to low-sulphur fuels in the last weeks of the year.
News ID: 8794    Publish Date : 2020/03/20

Australia's national airline Qantas plans to suspend all international flights from the end of March in response to the travel restrictions imposed by the Australian government to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
News ID: 8785    Publish Date : 2020/03/19

Malaysian palm oil plantations are able to resume operations immediately after producers appealed government closures to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
News ID: 8783    Publish Date : 2020/03/19

Malaysia's wood pellet factories will close until 31 March to comply with a 14-day lockdown in a bid to limit the spread of the coronavirus in the country. Malaysia is the second-largest wood pellet and palm kernel shell (PKS) producer in Asia.
News ID: 8782    Publish Date : 2020/03/19

China's polymer inventories have increased slightly as consumption continues to slow, despite attempts to boost manufacturing activity as the coronavirus outbreak fades.
News ID: 8778    Publish Date : 2020/03/19

Italy-based aluminium alloy producer Raffmetal will extend this week's shutdown through next week to allow employees a full two-week quarantine period amid the coronavirus pandemic, president Orlando Niboli said today.
News ID: 8776    Publish Date : 2020/03/19

The total volume of Iranian exports over the past month has tripled despite the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, the spokesman for the Customs Office said.
News ID: 8771    Publish Date : 2020/03/18

Australian airline Virgin Australia today suspended all its international flights from 30 March to 14 June in response to the coronavirus pandemic that has affected global air travel. It will also make deeper cuts to domestic capacity of 50pc to all services until 14 June.
News ID: 8764    Publish Date : 2020/03/18

Japan's energy demand is predicted to weaken over the next fiscal year starting 1 April as the spread of the coronavirus pandemic slows the country's economic activity.
News ID: 8763    Publish Date : 2020/03/18

Brazilian iron ore producer Vale has shut its Teluk Rubiah iron ore blending terminal in Malaysia until 31 March to comply with a lockdown aimed at slowing the coronavirus outbreak.
News ID: 8762    Publish Date : 2020/03/18

China will raise export rebates on several key petrochemical products as part of wider support for the country's struggling export sector.
News ID: 8760    Publish Date : 2020/03/18

Steel producer ArcelorMittal is reducing European flat product output in response to the spreading coronavirus, the company has told Argus.
News ID: 8759    Publish Date : 2020/03/18

Updates dates on terminal closure in para 1 Clarifies closure process in para 2 Adds information on communication with the Malaysian government in para 4 Adds Vale's comments in para 5 Adds 2019 total receipt in para 6
News ID: 8758    Publish Date : 2020/03/18

Oil fell on Monday as an emergency rate cut by the US Federal Reserve failed to soothe global financial markets panicked by the rapid spread of the coronavirus, while a price war between top producers added to a growing supply glut.
News ID: 8754    Publish Date : 2020/03/16

Mongolia has extended its ban on coal exports for a second time as the number of coronavirus cases within the country increases.
News ID: 8747    Publish Date : 2020/03/17

Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal has decided to temporarily reduce production and shut down several operations in Italy in response to the coronavirus outbreak, according to the union Fiom.
News ID: 8744    Publish Date : 2020/03/17

While a number of Iran’s neighbors have decided to close the common border over concerns about the outbreak of the coronavirus, all border crossings between Iran and Afghanistan are open and the Iranian export of commodities is in progress, an official said.
News ID: 8738    Publish Date : 2020/03/16