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Moscow says it expects U.S. to release Russian crew from seized Venezuela-linked tanker
MOSCOW, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow expects the United States to free the Russian crew members aboard a Venezuela-linked oil tanker seized by Washington in the Atlantic earlier this month.Lavrov said two Russians, as well as Ukrainians, Georg...Reuters
Tue, Jan 20
RPT-CORRECTED-Japan's Inpex withdraws environmental plan for Bonaparte CCS project in Australia, government website shows
By Helen ClarkPERTH, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Japan's Inpex 1605.T has withdrawn the environmental plan for its proposed 8 million metric ton-per-year Bonaparte carbon capture and storage project off the north coast of Australia, a government website showed.All major projects are assessed via the Envi...Reuters
Tue, Jan 20
CORRECTED-Japan's Inpex withdraws environmental plan for Bonaparte CCS project in Australia, government website shows
By Helen ClarkPERTH, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Japan's Inpex 1605.T has withdrawn the environmental plan for its proposed 8 million metric ton-per-year Bonaparte carbon capture and storage project off the north coast of Australia, a government website showed.All major projects are assessed via the Envi...Reuters
Tue, Jan 20
ROI-Trump's embrace of oil industry is turning into an awkward grip: Bousso
By Ron Bousso LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has lavished the U.S. oil industry with favourable policies since returning to the White House, but his twin demands for cheap oil and “energy dominance” are increasingly colliding with companies’ bottom lines.Over the past year, the...Reuters
Tue, Jan 20
Russia jails U.S. citizen for five years after he carried rifle on yacht
MOSCOW, Jan 20 (Reuters) - A Russian court sentenced a U.S. citizen to five years in jail for crossing the border with a weapon when he sailed from the United States to meet a Russian woman he met over the Internet, Russia's court service said.The man, identified as Charles Wayne Zimmerman, plea...Reuters
Tue, Jan 20
TABLE-North Sea gas maintenance schedule: Adds Nyhamna outage
Jan 20 (Reuters) - The following is a schedule of maintenance work on gas infrastructure, mainly in the North Sea.The table is arranged by outage start date.Volumes are in standard million cubic metres per day (mcm/d) or gigawatt-hours per day (GWh/d) unless otherwise indicated.OPERATORLOCATIONOUTAG...Reuters
Tue, Jan 20
TECHNICALS-CBOT corn may retrace into $4.19-3/4 to $4.21-3/4 range
SINGAPORE, Jan 20 (Reuters) - CBOT March corn CH26 may retrace into a range of $4.19-3/4 to $4.21-3/4 per bushel, following the completion of a wave c from $4.19-3/4.This is the third wave of a bounce from $4.17. The current fall is expected to extend into the range of $4.21 to $4.21-3/4, as pointed...Reuters
Tue, Jan 20
TECHNICALS-CBOT soybeans still targets $10.70
For more technical analyses, please click SINGAPORE, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The CBOT soybean March contract SH26 still targets $10.70 per bushel, as it has briefly pierced above a resistance at $10.57-3/4.Wave pattern suggests the progress of a wave c, which is unfolding toward $10.70, around the peak o...Reuters
Tue, Jan 20
REFILE-US lost soybean market share in China to South American supplies in 2025
By Ella Cao and Lewis Jackson BEIJING, Jan 20 (Reuters) - U.S. soybean market share in China fell to 15% in 2025, down from 21% a year earlier, data from China's General Administration of Customs showed on Tuesday, as shipments halted since September and buyers turned to South American suppli...Reuters
Tue, Jan 20
WTI declines below $59.50 as Iran tensions ease and US-EU trade war fears grow
West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US crude oil benchmark, is trading around $59.25 during the early European trading hours on Tuesday. The WTI price edges lower as Iran supply fears ease, while traders closely monitor the fallout from the United States (US) push to take control of Greenland.
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Tue, Jan 20
REFILE-China hits 12 million ton US soybean target pledged in trade truce
By Ella Cao and Naveen Thukral BEIJING/SINGAPORE, Jan 20 (Reuters) - China has bought about 12 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans, fulfilling a U.S.-stated pledge to purchase that volume by the end of February, three traders told Reuters on Tuesday, after a late-October trade truce spurred buyi...Reuters
Tue, Jan 20
VEGOILS-Palm rises on anticipation of lower output, improved exports
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures climbed on Tuesday as traders expected a sharp decline in production and stronger export demand. The benchmark palm oil contract FCPOc3 for April delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange gained 37 ringgit, or 0.91%, to 4,104 ring...Reuters
Tue, Jan 20
BREAKINGVIEWS-The murky economics and politics of Venezuelan oil: podcast
By Peter Thal Larsen LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Follow on Apple or Spotify. Listen on the Reuters app. Read the episode transcript. Listen to the podcast The US has long been interested in the South American country’s resources. Abducting its president opens a new an...Reuters
Tue, Jan 20
Chinese exports of rare earth magnets to Japan fall in December
BEIJING, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Chinese exports of rare earth magnets to Japan in December fell 8% from November, when a diplomatic spat left market players concerned about future shipments - concern exacerbated by a ban Beijing imposed in January on the export of dual-use items to Japan. Outbound sh...Reuters
Tue, Jan 20
China's December crude imports from UAE, Brazil, Canada hit record highs
BEIJING, Jan 20 (Reuters) - China's crude oil imports from top supplier Russia fell 0.7% year-on-year in December to 9.33 million metric tons, or 2.2 million barrels per day, but hit the highest level for 2025.Imports from Malaysia, the largest trans-shipment hub for sanctioned Iranian oil, f...Reuters
Tue, Jan 20
VEGOILS-Palm opens higher on stronger rival edible oils, crude oil prices
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures rose on Tuesday, after falling in the previous session, buoyed by stronger rival edible oils and crude oil prices, while traders await export data for further cues.The benchmark palm oil contract FCPOc3 for April delivery on the Bursa Malay...Reuters
Tue, Jan 20
TECHNICALS-US oil may test resistance at $60.22
For more technical analyses, click SINGAPORE, Jan 20 (Reuters) - U.S. oil CLc1 may test resistance at $60.22 per barrel, a break above could open the way towards the $60.64 to $61.30 range.A small wave c from $61.82 may have ended, as it failed twice to travel below a key support of $58.62, its 100%...Reuters
Tue, Jan 20
BHP reports record first-half iron ore production, flags price concessions
BHP looks to 'optimise' where it sells its iron oreMiner in contract talks with top China buyer for 2026 supplyBHP says cost of Canada potash project rises 20%By Melanie Burton and Rajasik Mukherjee MELBOURNE, Jan 20 (Reuters) - BHP Group BHP.AX has accepted lower prices for some iron ore...Reuters
Tue, Jan 20
