Focus on Trade
Near-record high LME prices a magnet for Chinese copper
China's copper producers are planning to export up to 100,000 metric tons of metal to push down prices.
Oil begins moving on $34 billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
Expanded pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia coast ready to transport crude oil, but with Trans Mountain open questions still remain over the...
US Senate approves bill to ban Russian uranium imports
Russian uranium ban passed by unanimous consent in US Senate, following similar restriction on oil imports after invasion of Ukraine.
Graphite miners lobby US govt to impose levy on China-sourced EV material
North American graphite miners are lobbying the US government to impose a 25% tariff on three graphite products sourced from China in order...
Honda to get up to $5B in government aid for EV battery, assembly plants in Canada
Honda is set to build an electric vehicle battery plant next to its Alliston, Ont., assembly plant, which it is retooling to produce...
China must stop aiding Russia if it seeks good relations with West: NATO
'Dependencies make us vulnerable,' NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says in a speech warning the West against depending on China as it did on...
Chinese ship remains prime suspect in damage to Baltic Sea gas pipeline that reopened this week
It has been more than six months since substantial, human-made damage that caused a major drop in pressure was first detected in the...
Europe expected to propose new sanctions on Russian LNG
EU ban on Russian oil has not yet extended to LNG, but sources say restrictions will be coming soon.
Reimagining energy security for the transition to renewables: IRENA report
What will the transition to renewable energy sources mean for our understanding of energy security? The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has published...
