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News on Energy & Resources in China

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How does 300,000 tonnes of copper disappear?
Aug 26, 2022 (WiC 597)

Copper’s status as the ‘metal of electrification’ means that prices for the commodity are going to soar as we head into the carbon-zero era, its backers claim, because there won’t be enough supply to meet demand. But shortages of the red ...

Collective bargaining

Why did Beijing set up a new SOE to deal with its Aussie iron ore imports?
Jul 29, 2022 (WiC 595)

Iron ore ranks just behind just semiconductor chips and oil as China’s third biggest import annually. No surprise then that Chinese mills have been digging in their heels over a commodity that is essential for steelmaking. Many of the boldest ...

Zeng Yuqun’s next big move

Why Kentucky and sodium-ion are on CATL’s radar
Jul 29, 2022 (WiC 595)

Picture the scenario: you have just started an exciting new job in a cutting-edge industry and want to promote the fact on LinkedIn. It’s a feeling that many of us can relate to. Charles Huang clearly felt the same when, in April 2021, he ...

The ‘Lithium OPEC’

As Tianqi lists in Hong Kong, the story behind it and lithium rival Ganfeng
Jul 15, 2022 (WiC 593)

Lithium – known as the ‘white petroleum’ – is a metal commonly used in the making of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). A dozen years ago in August 2010, Tianqi and Ganfeng, China’s leading producers of the metal, both went public ...

Green ‘re-coupling’

Eco-friendly tycoon straddles Sino-US divide
Jun 30, 2022 (WiC 591)

One of the most pressing challenges for many international businesses is how to navigate the Sino-US economic and political divide. Some do it a lot better than others: Tesla is one of the most high-profile examples of an American firm that is ...

Tianqi offers Hong Kong’s biggest IPO so far this year
Jun 30, 2022 (WiC 591)

When Tianqi Lithium purchased a 23.8% stake in Chilean lithium miner SQM (Sociedad Qimica y Minera) in 2018, the Chinese press chose the metaphor of a snake swallowing an elephant to describe the ambitious deal. Unfortunately for Tianqi, the ...

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 ...

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