Lithium Americas announced on 26 October that construction crews had recently completed the final major crane lift at the sulphuric acid plant (SAP) at its Thacker Pass lithium project in Nevada.

Tungsten remains a key pillar of Western governments' plans to expand critical mineral production, driven in part by its defense applications, even as prices decline from recent peaks. Oliver Friesen, ...

British Columbia's (BC) newly elected government is questioning the oil tanker ban along its northern coast but says debate over the federal law belongs in Ottawa.

The Al Jurf has loaded with about 54,000t of granular urea from Qatar inside the Mideast Gulf, data from ship tracking firm Kpler show.

Indian petrochemicals producer Adperma will begin commercial production at its new 345,000/215,000 t/yr phenol/acetone plant in Haldia, West Bengal from end-December 2026, the company told Argus on 28 ...

Australia's southernmost mainland state of Victoria has approved the restart of Australian independent Amplitude Energy's Patricia-Baleen gas fields in the offshore Gippsland basin.

An inconclusive parliamentary election in Israel is likely to keep prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in office in a caretaker capacity in the near future.

Ethanol is gaining traction as a bunker fuel for methanol-fuelled vessels seeking to meet EU regulatory requirements, because ethanol-methanol blends can offer a lower-cost alternative to pure ...

US retail diesel prices rose to their third-highest level on record while gasoline prices declined for a fifth-consecutive week, according to latest Energy Information Administration (EIA) data.

Levels of major greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere rose to "unprecedented highs" in 2025, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said today.

Requiring fossil fuel companies to contribute to climate resilience measures is a "hugely complicated" conversation, EU climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra said today, when presenting a climate ...

The Netherlands will allocate up to $500mn over a 10-year period to Brazil's Tropical Forest Forever Facility to help finnce the fund in its mission to preserve tropical forests.