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Canada to give loan guarantees to Indigenous groups for energy projects
Budget 2024: Canada will provide up to $5 billion in loan guarantees to allow Indigenous groups to invest in energy deals such as...
Canada’s Budget 2024: Businesses to get carbon rebates
Budget 2024: Canada's small- and medium-sized business owners are set to receive a long-awaited carbon rebate from Ottawa.
Canada unions brace for 2025 labor crunch in oil sands maintenance season
Trade union officials are warning of a labor crunch in Canada's oil sands during Alberta's 2025 turnaround season as construction takes off on...
Coal miners getting new protections from silica dust linked to black lung disease
Health problems have grown in recent years as miners dig through more layers of rock to gain access to coal seams when deposits...
Spain’s Acciona downsizing renewable energy business in Brazil: sources
Spanish infrastructure group Acciona has decided to reduce its footprint in Brazil's renewable energy sector as it has been facing a hard time...
Global Commodities excludes Russian nickel from its new trading platform
LONDON (Reuters) – UK-based Global Commodities Holdings Ltd (GCHL) will not accept nickel produced in Russia on its new spot trading platform due...
China’s overproduction of clean energy goods needs mitigation: U.S. treasury secretary
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that China's massive investments in advanced manufacturing of clean energy goods has resulted in an unfair playing...
US sanctions impacting Sovcomflot’s ability to trade, CEO of Russian tanker group says
The U.S. imposed sanctions on Sovcomflot as Washington seeks to reduce Russia's revenues from oil sales that it can use to support its...
Volkswagen to invest $210M in South African plant, expects slower move to EVs
While most global markets transition to EVs, Volkswagen expects African markets to keep making and selling vehicles with internal combustion engines for the...
BP starts oil production at new offshore platform in Azerbaijan
New platform is the seventh oil production platform installed in the giant Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli field in the Caspian Sea.
