SYDNEY, Sept 17 (Reuters) - There's been considerable debate over who is right on the outlook for China's vast steel sector - the bullish iron ore miners or the bearish analysts and steel producers.
SHANGHAI, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Chinese rare earth demand is likely to soar by more than 50 percent in the next five years, putting pressure on authorities to relax tough production quotas that have spurred illegal mining and rampant smuggling.
EU energy regulators are about to find out what really goes on in the wholesale gas and electricity markets, as a new trade reporting obligation starts on October 7. This is a huge step toward more transparent markets, but what will regulators do with the data?
WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - U.S.
TRIPOLI, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Military forces allied with Libya's self-declared government in Tripoli said on Wednesday they had captured a Russian-flagged oil tanker and its crew trying to smuggle oil from the port of Zawara.
WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he favors repealing the 40-year-old ban on U.S. crude oil exports and that Republican leadership would discuss the issue with the Obama administration.
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