[Germany and Qatar sign energy deal] Germany signed an energy deal with Qatar to import liquefied gas and jointly develop hydrogen fuel as Europe's largest economies race to ease energy pressure from Russia. The partnership was signed during a visit by Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Al Thani to Berlin to meet Prime Minister Olaf Schultz and other officials. The four-page statement envisages Qatari gas exports to Germany, as well as collaboration between scientists from the two countries on hydrogen, energy efficiency and renewable energy. But no date has been given for the first LNG supply. Editor/Xing Wentao

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• [China's first single furnace Jinhua furnace with a daily coal input of 3000 tons]
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