19 abril 2021 China’s new renewable energy target to curb coal demand Beijing has set a preliminary target to increase wind and solar-based power generation in order to meet its longer-term emission goal. Filter: Carbón Asia-Pacific More filters
19 abril 2021 Japanese automotive chip maker resumes production line Japanese semiconductor chip maker Renesas Electronics has restarted a fire-hit production line at its plant in Ibaraki prefecture's Hitachinaka, and aims to resume full output by the end of next month. Filter: Metales Asia-Pacific More filters
19 abril 2021 South Korea raises renewable energy target to 25pc South Korea's ministry of trade, industry and energy (Motie) has raised the country's renewable portfolio standard (RPS) policy from 10pc to 25pc. Filter: Asia-Pacific More filters
19 abril 2021 Singapore bank DBS to end coal financing by 2039 Singapore-based DBS bank has pledged to phase out its thermal coal exposure by 2039, making it the first bank in the country to set a deadline to cease coal financing. Filter: Carbón Asia-Pacific More filters
19 abril 2021 India implements new standards on LDPE, LLDPE, HDPE India's Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has imposed new mandatory standards on polyethylene (PE) for producers to comply with. Filter: Petroquímicos Asia-Pacific More filters
19 abril 2021 Australia’s Orocobre, Galaxy plan $3bn lithium merger Two of Australia's largest lithium producers, Orocobre and Galaxy Resources, have agreed a A$4bn ($3.1bn) merger that would create the world's fifth largest lithium chemicals group by market capitalisation. Filter: Metales Asia-Pacific Latin America and Caribbean North America More filters
19 abril 2021 Canberra, South Australia strike gas agreement The Australian federal government and South Australia state government have struck a wide-ranging agreement worth A$1.08bn ($835mn) on energy supply and investment, including the addition of 50 PJ/yr (1.34mn m³/yr) of gas by the end of 2023 and a possible 80 PJ/yr by 2030. Filter: Energía eléctrica Gas natural/GNL Asia-Pacific More filters
19 abril 2021 Japan’s JAPC wins court battle for Tokai Daini reactor Japanese nuclear operator Japan Atomic Power (JAPC) has overturned an injunction to halt its Tokai Daini reactor. Filter: Energía eléctrica Asia-Pacific More filters
18 abril 2021 US, China commit to tougher action on climate change The US and China have committed to taking stronger measures to tackle climate change in the coming decade, in a rare example of a bilateral agreement amid the two countries' increasingly strained relationship. Filter: Carbón Emisiones Gas natural/GNL Productos refinados Asia-Pacific North America More filters
16 abril 2021 Tri Coastal adds Houston scrap, barge facility Ferrous scrap broker and exporter Tri Coastal Trading will open its first fully-owned ferrous scrap processing and barge-loading facility in Houston, Texas. Filter: Metales North America More filters
16 abril 2021 Biden infrastructure plan to increase steel demand The $2 trillion infrastructure plan proposed by President Joe Biden in March would increase steel demand in the US and help prop up sagging private sector nonresidential investment. Filter: Metales North America More filters
16 abril 2021 Brazil gas sector sets sights on 2022 opening up Brazil's regulators are facing an end-of-year deadline to lay out a key part of a new regulatory framework for the natural gas industry aimed at boosting competition and efficiency and lowering costs. Filter: Energía eléctrica Gas natural/GNL Latin America and Caribbean More filters
16 abril 2021 Guyana may move to offset crude output cuts Guyana is considering unspecified economic measures to cushion the impact of repeated production cuts from US major ExxonMobil's deepwater Stabroek block, the natural resources ministry said. Filter: Crudo Latin America and Caribbean More filters
16 abril 2021 US rig count rises by 7: Baker Hughes The US drilling rig count rose by seven to 439 this week, continuing an upward trend. Filter: Crudo Gas natural/GNL North America More filters
16 abril 2021 Refiner Essar Oil UK in talks with finance providers Essar Oil UK, operator of the 204,000 b/d Stanlow refinery in northwest England, said it is in talks with potential finance providers after a bank changed the terms of a credit facility, causing it some short-term financial difficulty. Filter: Crudo Productos refinados Europe More filters
