Oil & Gas

China’s Industrial Sector Posts Large Profit Decline In October

China’s large industrial firms reported a 10 % Y/Y decline in profits in October, with the property and retail sectors hit the hardest, the National Bureau of Statistics in Beijing said on Wednesday. Total profits for the first 10 months of the current year fell 4.3% Y/Y to 5.87 trillion yuan (US$810.9 billion), worse than the 3.5 per cent drop recorded in the first nine months.

Activists Target Saudis Amid COP 29 Climate Finance Clash

The 29th Conference of the Parties for Climate Change, commonly known as COP29, ended with outrage and dismay—emotions demonstrated by developing nations after developed ones agreed to raise annual climate finance but nowhere near what was asked for. But there was outrage among climate activists, too. Because, once again, the world refused to commit to a phaseout of hydrocarbons.