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Greek agriculture devastated for five or more years
Storm Daniel wiped out a quarter of Greece’s annual farming production, as a result of deadly flash flooding that submerged fields and drowned livestock.
Uzbekistan, China ink $1.4bn in agreements across sectors including energy and engineering
Istanbul-listed Isbank takes over 50% stake in Greeneco to collect Acarsan Makarna’s loan debt
Stake acquired for a consideration of $131mn.
MEOG: ADES IPO oversubscribed
First electric minibus taxi paves the way for EV transition in South Africa
A team from Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Engineering has developed and successfully tested South Africa’s first electric minibus taxi, Daily Maverick reports.
Poland’s first nuclear power plant clears key hurdle in ambitiously timed plan
Nuclear power is the cornerstone of Poland’s plan to reduce the currently dominant share of coal and lignite in electricity generation.
A slow thaw in frozen US-Iran relations has led to booming oil exports
The deep freeze that has been US-Iran relations is slowly thawing. That doesn’t mean relations will become “good” anytime soon. But it does mean that Iran will be able to slowly reintegrate into the global economy.
ING: Diesel supply concerns grow with Russian export ban
Middle distillate markets received another boost yesterday after Russia announced that it would be temporarily banning diesel and gasoline exports. This is at a time when there is already plenty of concern around middle distillate availability.
PANNIER: How ‘C5+1’ set the stage for a new era in US-Central Asia relations
Focus shifts from security to energy security, renewable energy and transportation infrastructure, while there are no illusions about delivering democracy.
ENERGO: Russia makes first attacks on Ukraine energy infrastructure as winter looms
AfrElec: Djibouti launches $122mn wind farm
ASX-listed gas explorer Kinetiko Energy acquires South African joint venture Afro Energy
Kinetiko Energy (Kinetiko), a Perth-based gas explorer and developer focussed on South Africa, has assumed 100% ownership of a joint venture that holds exploration rights to a highly prospective acreage in the African nation.
AIM-listed Premier African Minerals resumes spodumene production at Zulu lithium mine in Zimbabwe
Premier African Minerals (Premier) has finished installing a RHA ball mill at its Zulu Lithium and Tantalum Mine in western Zimbabwe, paving the way for resumption of spodumene production at the asset.
Russia bans fuel exports as deliveries to military surge
Russia has temporarily banned the export of gasoline and diesel to all countries outside a group of four ex-Soviet states, aiming to stabilise its domestic fuel market, as supplies of diesel to the military surge.
Bulgaria to stop imports of Russian oil
Parliament votes to end imports despite exemption from EU-wide ban until end-2024.
North Macedonia to build one of world's tallest dams
Greek concessionaire picked for €1bn Cebren HPP project, first planned back in 1964.
EU reaction to Azerbaijan attack on Nagorno-Karabakh muted by growing dependence on Azeri gas
The Western reaction to Azerbaijan’s attack on Nagorno-Karabakh this week has been muted by its growing dependence on Azeri gas supplies.
Leaders of big polluters skip UN climate summit as “gates to hell” flung open
The leaders of the US and China – the world’s two largest polluters – have skipped the UN Climate Ambition Summit in New York.
REM: Leaders of big polluters skip UN climate summit as “gates to hell” flung open
Climate change made Libyan deluge up to 50 times more likely, say weather researchers
An “interplay” of climate change exacerbated heavy rainfall during the first two weeks of September 2023 in several countries across the Mediterranean, caused by low-pressure systems forming around a blocking high centred over the Netherlands.
Antarctic ice is melting fast
The sea ice surrounding Antarctic is at a staggeringly low level, say scientists.
GLNG: Germany vows to strengthen LNG capacity
Planet’s health is in danger zone
Six of nine key planetary ‘health boundaries’ have been crossed, said researchers in a new report.
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