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(Reuters) – The EU will struggle to meet ambitious goals for rare earths in new legislation designed to boost domestic output of critical minerals and reduce dependence on China. The 17 silvery-white rare earth minerals are not uncommon in the earth’s crust. But deposits that are economically viable are more difficult to find, and the real rarity …
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Never before has natural gas played a bigger role in fulfilling the world’s energy needs. While consumption of oil and coal are poised to peak, demand for gas is rapidly growing, setting it up to be the last fossil fuel standing as nations adopt cleaner sources in an effort to avert the worst consequences of climate change. …
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(Reuters) – A newly formed company headed by a former Exxon Mobil executive was selected to support the Guyana government and Exxon to create a new independent natural gas development in the country, Guyana’s Ministry of Natural Resources said. Fulcrum LNG offered “the most comprehensive and technically sound proposal” among 17 bidders, the government said in …
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By John Kemp (Reuters) – Portfolio investors have rebuilt their position in crude oil after reassurance from Saudi Arabia and its OPEC⁺ allies that any planned future increases in production would be contingent on market conditions. Last week hedge funds and other money managers turned their attention to boosting Brent positions, after a large jump in …
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World’s First Indigenous Majority-Owned, Hydro-Powered, Floating LNG Facility Becomes a Reality KITAMAAT VILLAGE, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Haisla Nation and Pembina Pipeline Corporation (“Pembina”) (TSX: PPL; NYSE: PBA), partners in Cedar LNG Partners LP (“Cedar LNG”), today announced a positive Final Investment Decision (“FID”) on the Cedar LNG Project, a floating liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) (“FLNG”) facility with a …
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Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA has begun using tankers that navigate off radar to supply its closest political ally, Cuba, as a fleet of state-owned vessels that have historically covered the route dwindles, according to documents and ship monitoring services. Cuba and its main oil supplier, Venezuela, for over a decade had exclusively used their …
Venezuela Resorts to Dark Fleet to Supply Oil to Ally Cuba Read More »
By Irina Slav More From Irina Slav The Cambridge Dictionary defines madness as “stupid or dangerous behaviour”. It also lists a few dozen synonyms, featuring words such as “chaos”, “bedlam”, and “confusion”. All of these can and should be used to describe several recent updates from Camp Transition. In one of these, I’d go as far …
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The fire began after batteries exploded while workers were examining and packaging them Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a lithium battery factory in Hwaseong on June 24, 2024. PHOTO BY YONHAP / AFP SEOUL, South Korea — A fire likely sparked by exploding lithium batteries swept through a manufacturing factory near South Korea‘s capital on Monday, killing …
Lithium Battery Factory Fire in South Korea Kills 22, Mostly Chinese Migrant Workers Read More »
European Union countries adopted a 14th package of sanctions on Russia that aims to close some circumvention loopholes and hits Russia’s gas exports for the first time, EU foreign affairs ministers said in a statement on Monday. Western powers imposed sweeping sanctions on Moscow after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, …
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(Reuters) – Major Chinese asset managers have billions of dollars invested in fossil fuels with no plans for a phase out, a new Greenpeace report said. The environmental organisation’s analysis of 16 major Chinese asset managers released on Thursday said that they have invested a combined 267.2 billion yuan ($36.79 billion) in high-carbon sectors and …
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