China’s April coal output leaps 11% on year, but demand downturn looms
BEIJING – China’s daily coal output in April jumped 11% from the same month a year earlier, boosted by Beijing’s order to increase supply to …
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U.S. trucking downturn puts pressure on independent operators -Uber Freight
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) – A continued decline in on-demand trucking prices risks squeezing out tens of thousands of small operator-owned trucking companies that rushed …
Euro zone March factory growth slumped, downturn possible -PMI
LONDON – Euro zone manufacturing growth slowed sharply last month as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine tightened supply chain bottlenecks, dampened demand and whacked confidence, a …
Column-China’s manufacturers enter downturn – but for how long? Kemp
By John Kemp LONDON – China’s manufacturing sector contracted this month as coronavirus outbreaks, city-level lockdowns, rising input prices and the severe disruption of global …