Blue Ghost to carry nuclear power source to the Moon

Zeno Power Systems’ Survive-the-Night Package, including a 5 watts (thermal) americium-241 radioisotope heater unit (RHU), will be on board a Firefly mission scheduled to launch no earlier than 2028. The…

Coking Coal Prices Surge 25%, Squeezing India’s Steelmakers

Indian steelmakers are reeling from a jump in coking coal prices this year that is squeezing their margins and delaying capacity expansion in the steelmaking industry, analysts and industry executives…

Coal India Ventures into Critical Minerals Trading

Coal India, the world’s single largest coal producer, has applied to establish a trading office in Singapore to trade critical minerals and iron ore in what would be the company’s…

Tajikistan Turns to Iran for Oil as Russian Fuel Supply Collapses

Central Asian nation Tajikistan has requested from Iran to import Iranian oil and petroleum products as the fuel crisis in Russia has choked supply from Tajikistan’s largest fuel supplier, the…

Elevated Oil Prices Push Japan’s Imports to an All-Time High

Japan’s import bill reached an all-time high in July, driven by higher oil prices, to a total of $76.39 billion. This was up by 27.8% from July 2025, Reuters reported,…

Middle East Oil Crisis Sends Supertanker Prices to Record Highs

Demand for tankers from Middle Eastern oil producers has pushed prices to an all-time high, the Financial Times reported today, saying both new and second-hand very large crude carriers reached…

Has Iranian Crude Become Irrelevant to Global Oil Supply?

The reinstated U.S. blockade on Iranian oil exports is effectively preventing Tehran from exporting oil, making Iran’s oil volumes irrelevant for global oil market balances, Bob McNally, president of Rapidan…

Trump Threatens “Tremendous” Consequences for Countries Helping Iran

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened any country helping Iran in any way with “tremendous economic consequences,” as the American Administration is ratcheting up economic pressure on Iran in the hope…

Brent Oil Price Tops $93 as U.S.-Iran Impasse Persists

Brent Crude futures prices topped $93 per barrel early in the morning in Europe on Thursday, hitting a three-week high amid fading hopes of U.S.-Iran talks as President Trump announced…

ADNOC Issues Ninth Spot Crude Tender Since June as UAE Boosts Exports

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has just issued its ninth spot tender offering crude oil to buyers for October and November loadings, as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continues…