Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak said Russia's diesel supplies will help balance global markets.

Bank of Canada Governor Macklem said the BOC has not yet raised rates, but the longer it delays the harder it will be to ignore rising energy prices.

On Oct. 15 U.S. Mammoth Cargo Aircraft Co.'s first Boeing 777-200LR bound for passenger-to-freighter conversion arrived at Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport, marking the start of Asia's first 777-200LR P2F production line. In April Mammoth's 777-200LRMF P2F modification received an FAA supplemental type certificate, the first official approval for a 777-200LR conversion. Mammoth and Shandong Taikoo Aircraft Engineering Co. have established a strategic partnership to build the Jiaodong production line, making Qingdao the third global and the only Asia-Pacific core hub in Mammoth's 777 conversion capacity network.