Sebastian Lewis
Content Director, China 
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November 1, 2018 06:30 UTC 
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The Shanghai International Energy Exchange’s crude oil futures contract has got off to a good start. The contract’s first expiry at the end of August marked another step on the road to developing a crude futures contract that China hopes will one day stand alongside ICE Brent and NYMEX light sweet crude. |
John Kingston
Director of Global Market Insights
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November 21, 2017 15:30 UTC
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It’s getting near time. It’s getting near time for all the talk of adopting blockchain’s distributed ledger technology (DLT) in energy markets to transform itself into some real-life applications. That was an overriding theme at S&P Global Platts first-ever Digital Commodities Summit in London in mid-November, a packed-house event that will be followed by one in the US in March. James Rilett, Platts director of innovation, kicked off a panel he moderated by saying: “The theme of today is how we move from proof of concepts to market reality.” |
Hongmei Li
Senior editor 
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May 20, 2016 03:09 UTC
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After a painful 2014 and 2015, Chinese iron ore and steel markets have shown a small sign of revival–at least that is what the SGX Singapore Iron Ore Forum (SIOF) had told its audience of over 300 people on May 19. The SIOF, now on its fourth year, enjoyed another full house with a nice mix of participants. I do not think it is just a personal observation when I say many more Chinese faces showed up at the event. Some Chinese companies sent up five to six delegates this time around. |
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Hongmei Li
Senior editor
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May 13, 2016 05:01 UTC
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Roller-coaster game is the best metaphor to describe what has happened to China’s steel, coking coal, coke, and iron ore futures in the past two weeks where prices are concerned. And of course, not surprisingly, the exchanges — as the watchdogs — have contributed to the price fluctuation since over April 21-May 10. |
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