NASA awards hydrogen supply contracts to Air Products and Plug Power
NASA has awarded liquid hydrogen supply contracts to Plug Power and Air Products to deliver around 16,700 tonnes of fuel across its US facilities. The liquid hydrogen will be used…
China Forges Rare Earths Alliance with Developing Nations
China is launching a global cooperation initiative on green minerals with developing nations as it looks to consolidate its dominance in rare earth elements and other critical minerals. At the…
Australia Watchdog Greenlights Woodside LNG Strike
The Australian Fair Work Commission has given the go-ahead to industrial action at Woodside Energy’s Pluto LNG 2 project after trade unions failed to agree on higher wages with the…
China Courts Germany With New Energy Partnership Offer at G20
China is offering Germany collaboration in the field of what it calls new energy, along with other industries, including intelligent manufacturing, hydrogen, biomedicine, and “intelligent driving”, per Xinhua. The offer…
Agnikul Cosmos raises $17m to advance 3D-printed cryogenic rockets
India space startup Agnikul Cosmic (Agnikul) has raised $17m to bolster production of its reusable 3D-printed cryogenic engine technology, which will be used to launch satellites into space. The funding…
Russian Oil Offered to India at Deep Discount
Russia’s flagship Urals crude is being offered to India’s refiners at the cheapest price in at least two years after on top producers Rosneft PJSC and Lukoil PJSC upended a lucrative…
Supertanker Rates Skyrocket as Asia Rushes to Replace Russian Oil
Supertanker rates on the route between the Middle East and China hit their highest in five years as traders sought alternatives to Russian crude, Bloomberg has reported, citing a daily…
Oil Prices on Edge as Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks Progress
Oil markets remained on edge early on Monday in early Asian trade, with all eyes on reports of potential progress in the Russia-Ukraine peace talks. At the same time, a…
G-20 Tries to Box In Critical Mineral Disruption
The G-20 is tiptoeing around China with a sledgehammer. In a draft declaration seen by Bloomberg, leaders called for shielding the global critical-minerals value chain from “unilateral trade measures inconsistent…
APAC Conference preview
The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is in the midst of its own twin transition, vigorously pursuing a path of increasing economic growth and trade influence on one hand while simultaneously establishing…
