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2011 Halftime Report: The Cues for Copper

By Frank Holmes | July 25, 2011

Copper slightly disappointed investors, ending the first half of the year with a decline of 3.50%. Worries about global inflation and, more specifically, the potential slowing of China's economy weighed on copper's price.

Metallurgical Coal: The New Hot Topic

By Brett Hartke | February 4, 2011

Metallurgical coal, also known simply as met coal or coking coal, has quickly emerged as one of the handful of commodities that are both in short supply and in critical need by certain industries

Clean Energy For China--From Coalbed Methane

By Jerry C. Tien | August 11, 2008

China relies heavily on coal-at over 70% of the nation's energy consumption-and petroleum to power its supercharged economic growth. It has plenty of the former (by far the world's largest producer*) and now has to import nearly 50% of the latter. Coalbed methane constitutes a significant, comparatively untapped resource that is only now seeing serious attention.

Clean Chinese Gas Energy From Coal

By Jerry C. Tien | August 11, 2008

China has been relying heavily on coal (over 70% of domestic energy consumption) and petroleum for energy to maintain its supercharged economic growth - it has plenty of the former and now has to import nearly 50% of the latter. Underutilized methane gas holds great promise.

China's Fuel Ethanol Industry Facing Uncertainties

By Jing Yang | October 30, 2007

The development of China's ambitious fuel ethanol market still faces significant uncertainties due to a shortage of feedstock for fuel production, a lack of mature product standards and unclear pricing policies.

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