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LNG

Woodside Greenlights $17.5 Billion US LNG Project, Targets 2029 Start

Woodside Energy, an Australian energy company listed as WDS.AX, announced its final investment decision for a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in Louisiana, …

Battery

AXA IM Alts Enters UK Battery Storage Market With Strategic Scottish Investment

AXA IM Alts, managing €186 billion in alternative investments, has acquired a 50% stake in Coalburn 1, a 500MW battery energy storage system (BESS) in Sout…

Morocco

Morocco Commences Construction of Africa’s Longest High-Speed Rail Line, the Kentira-Marrakech Rail Project.

On Thursday, King Mohammed VI officially launched Morocco’s $10.3 billion Kenitra-Marrakech rail project, a major step toward enhancing the country’…

Electric Vehicles

Kia, Hyundai Mobis’s Q1 Sales Hit Record Amid EV Demand Surge but Margins and Tariffs Cloud Outlook

Kia reported its highest-ever first-quarter revenue of 28.02 trillion won ($19.6 billion) and an operating profit of 3.01 trillion won for January to March, ann…

Canada

Trump Tariff Chaos Makes Dow Pause $8.4bn Plant in Canada

US chemical company Dow has postponed its plan to construct a major net-zero chemical facility in Fort Saskatchewan, near Edmonton, Alberta, according to CBC. T…

Metal

Vale Reports 17% Drop In Q1 2025 Net Income Amid Lower Iron Ore Prices

Brazil-based iron ore producer Vale reported a 17% decline in net income for the first quarter of 2025, ending March 31, primarily due to lower iron ore prices.…

Natural Gas

Ukraine Needs $2.9 Billion to Buy Gas in 2025, National Bank Says

On April 25, 2025, Ukraine’s National Bank announced that the country requires $2.9 billion to fund gas imports in 2025, following damage to domestic gas …

Offshore Wind Power

EA3 Monopile Installation Gets Underway

ScottishPower has begun offshore construction for its £4 billion East Anglia 3 offshore wind farm, a 1400MW project in the North Sea. The installation of …

South Korea

HD Hyundai Mipo Bags $111M Order for Boxship Pair

HD Hyundai Mipo, a South Korean shipbuilder under HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, has secured a 159.3 billion South Korean won ($111.08 million) c…

Carbon Emissions

Japan’s FY 2023 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hit Record Low for 2nd Year

Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions reached a record low in fiscal year 2023, marking the second consecutive year of decline, according to a government report rel…

Canada

Competitiveness Challenges in Canada’s Fertilizer Sector

Canada’s fertilizer industry plays a vital role globally, ranking as the third largest producer and contributing $42 billion annually to the economy while…

Oil Pipeline

Morgan Stanley Infra Partners Eyes $2 Billion Permian Pipelines Sale, Sources Say

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP) is considering selling its majority stake in Brazos Midstream II, a deal that could value the holding at over $2 b…

Metal

Vedanta Eyes US IPO to Develop Konkola Copper Mines in Zambia

UK-based Vedanta Resources, owned by Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal, is considering a public listing in the United States for its Zambian unit, Konkola Copper …

Carbon Emissions

Japan’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fall 4% in FY23/24 to Record Low

Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 4% in the fiscal year ending March 2024, reaching a record low of 1.071 billion metric tons of carbon dioxid…

Power Construction

Germany’s Regulator Targets $1.71bn in Grid Cost Reductions

Germany’s energy grid regulator, Bundesnetzagentur, has introduced a plan to reduce electricity costs for consumers by approximately €1.5 billion bet…