Asia-Pacific
Glencore seeks Australian carbon capture approval amid farmer protests
Queensland state will decide this month whether to give Glencore a key approval to bury liquefied CO2 in the country's largest aquifer
Chinese companies win more bids to explore for Iraq oil and gas
Chinese companies won five more bids to explore Iraqi oil and gas fields, Iraq's oil minister said on Sunday
34 dead in Indonesia floods, 16 missing
34 people have died and 16 more missing after flash floods and cold lava flow from a volcano hit Indonesia, local official said...
Indonesia floods, landslides kill 28, four missing
JAKARTA – Heavy rain brought floods and landslides to Indonesia’s province of West Sumatra, killing at least 28, with four still missing, authorities...
Chinese companies win licensing bids to explore Iraq oil and gas fields
Chinese companies won bids to explore five Iraqi oil and gas fields on Saturday in a licensing round for hydrocarbon exploration aimed at...
China’s April car sales swing to contraction despite NEV milestone
China car sales at home down as exports surge to a record high amid domestic price war on EVs.
China’s push for greener aluminium hit by erratic rains, power cuts
As rivers and reservoirs dwindle, smelters who flocked to southwest China for green energy find themselves scaling back production.
Chinese EV maker Zeekr prices US IPO at top of range to raise $441 million, source says
The strong demand for Zeekr’s IPO comes against a backdrop of a fierce EV price war in China that has undercut profits, leaving...
Nepal’s nature ‘threatened’ by new development push
Nepal hydropower facility among the infrastructure permitted in nature reserves under new regulations, to the outrage of conservationists.
Panasonic expects battery unit’s annual profit to rise 23%
Lower production at Panasonic battery unit means energy division misses income forecast as EV demand falls.
