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News on Energy & Resources in China

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Fuel for thought

The struggle for a “monster” lithium deposit
May 20, 2022 (WiC 585)

Chinese ambitions to take control of the biggest lithium mine in Africa looked dead in the water in April 2020 after Canberra blocked the ASX-listed miner AVZ Minerals from selling an 11.8% stake to Chinese firms including CATL (see WiC584 for a ...

CNOOC starts drilling in Brazilian waters
May 13, 2022 (WiC 584)

Saudi Aramco is jostling with Apple once again for the title of the world’s most valuable company, helped by oil prices that have soared 60% since last year on higher demand and the spillover effect of the disruption in energy markets caused by ...

CNOOC eyes Western retreat after A-share return
Apr 29, 2022 (WiC 582)

When CNOOC launched its bid for Canada’s Nexen, a decade ago this July, Chinese companies were riding a wave of international expansion using M&A to to acquire new technologies and grow their asset base overseas. The company’s ...

Trumped up gains

How Sinopec profited from Putin and Trump
Apr 8, 2022 (WiC 580)

The invasion of Ukraine is creating unprecedented strains in the European market for natural gas, where countries like Germany, Austria and Hungary are coming under huge pressure to reduce their imports from Russia. “Buying Russian oil and ...

Hydrogen fuel cell firm looks to list in Hong Kong
Apr 1, 2022 (WiC 579)

There were many firsts at the two Olympic gatherings in Tokyo and Beijing over the past 12 months, but one of the less remarked upon was the transport that ferried competitors and spectators around: hydrogen-powered vehicles. China and Japan ...

Speculative failure

How China’s biggest nickel producer got caught out in the futures market
Mar 18, 2022 (WiC 577)

Chinese investors sometimes refer to ‘demon stocks’. These are characterised by logic-defying lurches in their share prices and are frequently associated with improper market disclosure and insider trading. There’s a metal that’s also ...

Triple digit oil is back

Energy importer China walks a tightrope as commodity prices go berserk
Mar 11, 2022 (WiC 576)

The crisis in Ukraine is spilling over into stratospheric prices in the world’s commodity markets. Oil has climbed more than 40% over two weeks to its highest levels in nearly 15 years, while prices for thermal coal and wholesale gas have both ...

Dirty emissions

Surging coal production back in the spotlight
Feb 25, 2022 (WiC 574)

China’s energy bosses have been championing this month’s Winter Olympics as the first to run totally on renewable electricity. No doubt it helps that Zhangjiakou – the city hosting the outdoor events – boasts more wind and solar power ...

Sensitive to digs

Pushback over mining purchases in Zimbabwe
Feb 18, 2022 (WiC 573)

“Were it not for China’s funding support and the work of Chinese companies in communications and power generation, [these accusations] would perhaps have to be scribbled down on a piece of paper, in a candle-lit room, and never find its way ...

Mine, or yours?

BYD lithium deal rapidly undone by Chileans
Jan 28, 2022 (WiC 571)

In Chinese slang, over-indulging is described as “eyes wide, stomach narrow” – much like the English phrase “your eyes are bigger than your belly.” Maybe it characterises the enormous (and growing) appetite of China’s EV battery ...

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