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Oil Field

Norway’s Northernmost Oil Field Formally Inaugurated

Equinor officially inaugurated the Johan Castberg oil field on August 8. This marks Norway’s northernmost oil development and the third producing field in…

Mexico

Mexico Sets Minimum Export Prices for Fresh Tomatoes

On Sunday, Mexico’s Ministry of Economy and Ministry of Agriculture announced the implementation of minimum export prices for fresh tomatoes. The measure …

Metal

CATL Suspends Production at China Lithium Mine

On August 10, 2025, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL), a leading global manufacturer of electric vehicle batteries, announced a temporary suspensi…

Brazil

Brazil’s Soybean Exports up 9% in July

In July 2025, Brazil exported 12.3 million tons of soybeans, a 9% increase compared to the same month last year, according to the Brazilian Ministry of Developm…

Indonesia

Indonesia Accelerates Construction of 1st Bioethanol Factory in South Papua

On Friday, Indonesian Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Yuliot Tanjung announced the construction of the country’s first bioethanol factory …

Coal Production

Indonesia Eyes Over 700 Mln Tons of Coal Production in 2025

Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources announced that the country is on track to produce more than 700 million tons of coal by the end of th…

Uranium Project

Russia’s Rosatom Starts Development of Uranium Deposit in Eastern Siberia

Rosatom, Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy corporation, announced the start of development at the Shirondukuyskoye uranium deposit in eastern Siberia. T…

SAF

Argentina’s YPF to Invest $400 Million in Sustainable Jet Fuel Venture

YPF, Argentina’s state-owned oil company, revealed plans to invest approximately $400 million in a new joint venture to produce and distribute sustainable…

Norway

World’s First Zero-Emissions Quicklime Plant Underway in Norway

Thyssenkrupp Polysius will supply the kiln system for SMA Mineral’s upcoming pilot plant in Mo i Rana, Norway, which is designed to produce quicklime with…

Hydrogen Transport

Corinth Pipeworks Confirms Offshore Pipeline Readiness for 100% Hydrogen

Corinth Pipeworks, the steel pipe division of Cenergy Holdings in Greece, confirmed the suitability of its materials for transporting 100% hydrogen in offshore …

Electricity Trade

Adani Power Secures Major Power Supply Contract in Bihar, India

Adani Power, India’s largest private thermal power producer, received a letter of intent from the Bihar State Power Generation Company Limited (BSPGCL) to…

Electric Vehicles

FORVIA HELLA Achieves Volume Production of 12V Lithium Battery Management System in China With EVE Energy

On August 6, 2025, FORVIA HELLA announced the world’s first mass production of a 12V lithium battery management system (BMS) in China, developed in collab…

Metal

Rio Tinto Says No Economic Incentive for Green Steel in Australia

Rio Tinto, a major mining company, expressed concerns about the feasibility of establishing a "green iron" sector in Australia to support decarbonization effort…

China

China Wants Fewer Pigs

Next week, representatives from China’s pig industry will meet in Beijing to discuss reducing the breeding sow population by about one million, according …

South Korea

LG Chem and Enilive Break Ground on Korea’s First HVO/SAF Plant

LG Chem Ltd., based in Seoul, South Korea, and Enilive, a biorefining subsidiary of Eni S.p.A. from Rome, Italy, have initiated construction of South Korea&rsqu…