Japan has notoriously been dependent on energy imports, being the world’s fifth-largest crude importer and second-largest LNG importer (having lost the top position to China last year). Its self-sufficiency ratio dropped substantially after the 2011 Fukushima incident, from some 20% to 7-8%. Even though Tokyo did manage to hew off a couple of percentage points […]
OPINION Coal India striving to find its place in a greener world
The state-controlled extractor accounts for 80% of the dirty commodity dug up in the second-largest coal-consuming country. M MUMBAI: Coal India is striving to find its place in a greener world. The top pure-play miner of the black stuff is establishing new units to focus on solar and renewables. It’s a hedge against coal’s decline for an $11 […]
