OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo said on Wednesday that world oil consumption would hit 100 million barrels per day later this year, “much sooner” than earlier projected. SEE MORE Russia is expected to export more than 200 million tons of coal in 2018, according to the country's energy minister on August 27. SEE MORE Vietnam won’t increase its fuel tax before 2020, Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung has directed. SEE MORE Oil markets held steady on Friday, supported by looming U.S. sanctions against Iran's oil exports and falling Venezuelan output, but held back by concerns the trade war between the United States and China could intensify. SEE MORE Gold prices gained on Friday as reports that U.S. President Donald Trump was considering plans to impose tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports as soon as next week weighed on market sentiment. SEE MORE