Romania Restarts Coal Plant as Danube Drought Forces Nuclear Shutdown

Romania has this week restarted a 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant to partially offset the generation lost by the closure of nuclear electricity output after the low water level on the…

Gulf-to-China Supertanker Rates Hit $510,000 a Day

The daily rate for chartering a supertanker to pick up crude oil from within the Persian Gulf and deliver it to China has surged this week to the highest level…

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UK researchers make MOF for capturing heavy metals from wastewater

By 30 min ago 2 min read University of Birmingham scientists who used green chemistry to make a next-generation Metal Organic Framework (MOF) for capturing heavy metals from wastewater have…

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US semiconductor investment tops $820bn since 2020

By 31 min ago 2 min read The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said the advanced manufacturing investment credit (AMIC) and manufacturing grant incentives have supported investment in the US semiconductor…

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  • August 18, 2026
UK biogas plant gets green light for CO2 capture and liquefaction

By 57 min ago 3 min read A carbon capture and liquefaction facility at a more than £60m ($81.2m) anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Deeside, north Wales, has been approved…

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Outlook for electronic specialty gases

Outlook for electronic specialty gases | Feature | gasworld © Shutterstock By 28 min ago 1 min read Insights from Mike Corbett and Andy Tuan of Linx Consulting, Clark Tseng,…

Tankers U-Turn at Hormuz as Iran Tightens Its Grip

Tanker traffic at the Strait of Hormuz has become even more erratic than before, with vessels meandering and U-turning, unsure how to proceed amid escalating security threats and Iran’s insistence…

Pakistan’s Power Generation Costs Jump 38% on Record Spot LNG Buys

Power generation costs in Pakistan surged by 38% in July from a year earlier as the country paid the highest spot LNG prices in four years amid the supply disruption…

Houthis Claim Third Attack on Saudi Aramco Refinery in Two Weeks

The Iran-aligned Houthi group on Tuesday claimed it had targeted Saudi Aramco’s Jazan oil refinery on Red Sea coast in southwest Saudi Arabia, in what was the third Houthi attack…

Brent Tops $91 After Unidentified Projectile Hits Vessel Transiting Hormuz

A cargo vessel was struck by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz early on Tuesday local time as risks of additional escalation in the region pushed Brent Crude…