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Sunday, September 23, 2018
I’ve been writing a lot lately about Russian energy firms expanding worldwide. With Rosneft having been particularly active — striking critical deals in spots like India and Egypt the last few months. And this week Rosneft and fellow Russian energy […]
Coal prices are on the rise again. With benchmark rates in Australia up over 30% since July — approaching the $100/t mark that prevailed in November 2016 after a massive run-up last year. And a number of events the past […]
China continued to cement its growing resource relationship with Brazil this week. With reports emerging that a Chinese consortium will bid to construct a 1,100 km, $3.9 billion railway to transport grain from Brazil’s central-west region to the northern port […]
Major copper miner Freeport said this week it may re-activate its El Abra expansion project in Chile. With company officials noting that higher copper prices are once again making new capital projects attractive. But in zinc the story appears to be […]
You probably haven’t heard about it. But one of the most critical energy developments in years is now gearing up for a major battle in America. That’s a slate of new regulations around power pricing across the U.S. Which have […]
Lots going on in oil and gas this week. With three ripples in different parts of the world potentially suggesting waves of new opportunity coming for project developers. First, in Utah. Where regulators moved this past week to streamline permitting […]
Quick update: the government of Japan officially unveiled its $10 billion funding package for Asian LNG expansion yesterday. Saying it hopes to create new demand sources for the fuel in Asian nations — as well as secure new sources of […]
A lot of activity the past few days in Pennsylvania: home of the Marcellus shale, arguably the world’s best-performing unconventional natural gas and liquids play right now. And it looks like things could get more complicated for drillers here going […]
Small but very critical item in the uranium space this week. Suggesting that the world’s largest producing nation may be about to take drastic action in propping up faltering prices. That’s Kazakhstan — the world’s reigning champ for uranium output […]
Chinese E&P major Sinopec reportedly put its Argentina assets up for a $1 billion sale this week. With one of the interested buyers said to be Russia’s Rosneft. And that latter firm made ever bigger waves in the global natural […]
