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The price of coal used in China's power plants has surged to a new record high as another of the country's key mining regions is hit by flooding.
Heavy rains hit Shanxi in recent days, the country's biggest coal producing province, after record floods struck the mining region of Henan in July.
Thermal coal on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange rose by over 10% on Tuesday.
The floods further complicate China's efforts to increase fuel supplies to ease its deepening energy crisis.
Shanxi Province, which produced around a third of China's coal supplies this year, was forced to temporarily shut dozens of mines due to flooding. Although some sites are now slowly resuming operations.
At least 15 people have died during the severe flooding that has affected more than 1.76 million people in the province, local officials said on Tuesday.
Torrential rain last week led to houses collapsing and triggered landslides across more than 70 districts and cities in the northern province.
Even before the flooding, China was already facing an energy shortage which has caused power cuts in large parts of the country.
In recent weeks, energy firms have been forced to limit electricity supplies to millions of homes and business.
On Friday, Beijing reportedly ordered China's coal mines to boost output.
The move was the latest attempt by authorities to increase coal supplies after prices hit record highs and electricity shortages forced energy firms to ration power.
Since last month, a series of power cuts has forced factories to cut back production or stop operations completely
Manufacturing hubs in the northeast of China have been hit particularly hard.
The latest rise in the price of thermal coal prices comes on top of a 12% jump on Monday.
Energy prices have been rising across the world as the global economy starts to emerge from the pandemic.
On Monday, the cost of Brent crude hit its highest since level October 2018, while US-traded oil touched a fresh seven-year-high.
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Gas supplies are facing even more pressure after a fire ripped through a major plant in Russia.
Gazprom's Amur gas processing plant in the country's Far East has halted operations after a fire early on Friday, a spokesperson confirmed.
The plant plays a key role in Russian gas exports to China, which has been hit by electricity shortages that have led to power rationing across the country.
But the shutdown will spark further concerns about gas supply to Europe at a time when shortages have sent prices to unprecedented highs.
Well something has certainly spooked the market, unless, there is an institutional seller who sold down their holding over the summer, when volumes have been thin. I sold a few but still hold, along with GMS and JKX. If the market is going to correct I wish it would just get it over with! Good luck
… Great piece of research Suggins. Thanks for sharing it with us. I’m in here too and I find it frustrating that they are still under £1. Maybe your idea of loading up more why the price is low is the answer.
So the government and in turn the public are just beginning to come to the realisation that the politicians failed energy policy is starting to yield the results which they were warned about… This, potentially could be good news for the oil and gas companies which operate in this region…
Is there fear of an equity raise which is holding the share price back? Would this explain the volume of selling which is being shown here? I can’t believe that we started the day up 15% and it finishes flat…