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RPT-COLUMN-Chicago corn prices set to challenge decades-long streaks: Braun
By Karen BraunCHICAGO, March 19 (Reuters) - If the recent tariff-fueled selloff in Chicago corn futures felt extreme, that’s because it was, especially given the season. Huge swings in new-crop corn prices are not typically seen in the beginning months of the year due to upcoming harvest uncertainti...Reuters
Thu, Mar 20
RWE cuts investments by more than a fifth as US market 'impossible to predict'
Cuts investment programme to 35 billion euros by 2030Cites lower returns, regulatory returnsCore profit could fall by up to a fifth in 2025Shares down 4.4%By Christoph Steitz and Tom Käckenhoff ESSEN, Germany, March 20 (Reuters) - Germany's RWE on Thursday warned of lower profit this year and...Reuters
Thu, Mar 20
Asia Distillates-Window deals scant for 3rd session, jet fuel arbs to US stay open
SINGAPORE, March 20 (Reuters) - Asia's middle distillates markets continued to see a lack of deals on the physical trading window, though April spot sales remained upbeat on the refiners' end and jet fuel arbitrage windows to the U.S. stayed open. More April offers emerged from northeast Asi...Reuters
Thu, Mar 20
UK fines LME nearly $12 million over handling of 2022 nickel crisis
March 20 (Reuters) - Britain's financial regulator on Thursday fined the London Metal Exchange 9.2 million pounds ($11.9 million) over its handling of the 2022 nickel crisis, and said the exchange had failed to ensure its systems were well-equipped.In March 2022, the LME was forced to halt nicke...Reuters
Thu, Mar 20
Tariffs may accelerate Canadian lumber industry's southward shift, hunt for new markets
By Mrinalika Roy and Seher DareenMarch 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threat could motivate more Canadian lumber producers to shift to the U.S. southern border while accelerating efforts to find new markets, industry experts said. The levies are the latest in a nearly four-d...Reuters
Thu, Mar 20
FACTBOX-CK Hutchison: a global conglomerate caught in US-China trade spat
March 20 (Reuters) - CK Hutchison 0001.HK, a Hong Kong-based conglomerate, agreed to sell much of its global $22.8 billion ports business that includes assets near the strategically important Panama Canal to a group led by BlackRock BLK.N this month.The canal's strategic value in global trade an...Reuters
Thu, Mar 20
RWE CEO: possible restart of Nord Stream is 'political decision'
ESSEN, Germany, March 20 (Reuters) - A potential restart of the partly damaged Nord Stream gas pipelines must be decided by policy-makers, the CEO of Germany's largest utility said, cautioning that Europe's top economy should never again make itself dependent regarding energy."In the end...Reuters
Thu, Mar 20
Hopes for a partial resumption in Russian gas flows to Europe fade – ING
European natural gas prices rallied yesterday, with the Title Transfer Facility (TTF) settling almost 6.4% higher, amid fading hopes for a partial resumption in Russian gas flows to Europe, ING’s commodity analysts Warren Patterson and Ewa Manthey note.Fxstreet
Thu, Mar 20
EU may delay first set of counter-tariffs against U.S. to mid-April
BRUSSELS, March 20 (Reuters) - The European Union could delay imposition of a first set of counter-measures against the United States over President Donald Trump's steel and aluminium tariffs until mid-April, European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said on Thursday.The European Commission had...Reuters
Thu, Mar 20
EUROPE GAS-Prices down as milder weather mutes demand
LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) - Dutch and British wholesale gas prices were down on Thursday morning, following a rebound in the previous session, amid warmer weather and as the market continued to monitor any progress in Ukraine-Russia ceasefire talks. The Dutch front-month contract TRNLTTFMc1 was 0.5...Reuters
Thu, Mar 20
Britain's FCA fines London Metal Exchange nearly $12 million
March 20 (Reuters) - Britain's Financial Conduct Authority said on Thursday it has fined the London Metal Exchange 9.2 million pounds ($11.9 million) for "failing to ensure its systems and controls were adequate to deal with severe market stress".($1 = 0.7721 pounds)Reuters
Thu, Mar 20
US LNG exporters stick with methane measures despite EPA rollbacks
Trump EPA last week rolled back dozens of regulationsEU retains stricter regulations for greenhouse gas emissionsJapan and South Korea also seek emissions data for LNG importsSatellites still monitor emissions, even if EPA does notBy Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) - U.S. liquefi...Reuters
Thu, Mar 20
ANALYSIS-North American biofuels sector contracts amid trade and policy uncertainty
Biofuel projects suspended, plants idled on both sides of the borderUncertainty threatens to upend a historic green fuels boomTariffs would boost feedstock costs, depress canola pricesUS unclear on biofuel subsidies, volume mandatesBy Karl Plume and Ed White CHICAGO/WINNIPEG, March 20 (Reuters) -...Reuters
Thu, Mar 20
China's CCECC to invest $1.4 billion in Tanzania-Zambia railway
NAIROBI, March 20 (Reuters) - The China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) will invest $1.4 billion via a 30-year concession to upgrade the Tanzania-Zambia railway, the chief executive of the operator of the rail line said in a statement on Thursday. The railway, a key route for cop...Reuters
Thu, Mar 20
Russia-U.S. meeting to discuss Ukraine, Black Sea deal, Kremlin says
MOSCOW, March 20 (Reuters) - Russia and the United States will discuss the resumption of the Black Sea initiative and other aspects of a possible Ukrainian peace settlement at a meeting in the Saudi city of Jeddah which could take place next week, the Kremlin said on Thursday. Kremlin spokesman Dmit...Reuters
Thu, Mar 20
