(MSN) - President Donald Trump’s slew of tariffs means American farmers may not make that big shift to corn after all.
(MSN) - President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency began the process Wednesday of rescinding vehicle fuel efficiency standards that Republicans have called a de facto “electric vehicle mandate,” The Post has learned.
(MSN) - The deeply integrated North American oil and gas market stands at crossroads, with Canada's largest oil producer warning that it will diversify its exports away from the United States if President Donald Trump's tariff threats do not end.
(MSN) - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on Wednesday announced nearly three dozen deregulatory moves that he said would spur the U.S. economy by rolling back rules that have unfairly burdened industry. Many of the moves would affect landmark regulations aimed at protecting clean air and water.
(Politico) - A growing number of House Republicans are urging the party to preserve the clean energy tax credits in Democrats’ climate law — and warning they may oppose the party’s budget bill if those incentives get axed.
(Hans India) - Coromandel International Limited, one of India’s leading agri-solutions providers, has inaugurated its second Sulphur manufacturing plant at its Visakhapatnam facility in Andhra Pradesh.
(MSN) - South African-based mining company Sibanye-Stillwater is one of the world’s largest primary producers of platinum, palladium and rhodium, as well as a top-tier gold producer. Perhaps surprisingly, it is also a large recycler, processing 310,000oz of platinum group metals in 2023 – representing 13.3% of the company’s revenue.
(The Hill) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Tuesday that it will not defend a year-old rule requiring publicly held companies to disclose climate-related risks and in some cases the details of their emissions
(EHS Daily Advisor) - The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) raised its maximum penalties for regulatory, general, willful, or repeat safety and health violations, the agency announced January 27. Cal/OSHA is a division of the state’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR).
(Freight Waves) - Two rail-related hazardous materials safety bills have been reintroduced in Congress stemming from the East Palestine, Ohio, derailment of 2023.
(Farm Progress) - Ag economists advise only buying inputs that provide an immediate return on investment this year. How do you know? Consider sulfur, for example.
(The Scoop) - Fred Below became a household name among U.S. farmers in the mid-2000s with his presentation, The Seven Wonders of the Corn Yield World.
(Reuters) - Germany wants the European Union to make its gas storage targets less rigid because of worries over their cost, the economic affairs and climate ministry said on Thursday.
(CNBC) - After two days of meetings of North America's largest longshoremen's union amid an impasse with port ownership on a new contract, concerns of a strike are growing amongst those in the business and logistics community.
(Mining) - Chile’s Codelco, seeking to retain the title of world’s top copper supplier, made a $500 million offer to buy a stake in a mine run by Teck Resources Ltd., people with knowledge of the matter said.
(The Daily Scoop) - USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) will provide an updated 2024 net farm income forecast on Thursday. Even with improvements in livestock margins, the August Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor showed the majority of ag economists expect the further deterioration in crop prices to weigh on the overall net farm income picture and force the agency to revise their forecast lower.
(EIA) - Utility-scale battery energy storage systems have been growing quickly as a source of electric power capacity in the United States in recent years. In the first seven months of 2024, operators added 5 gigawatts (GW) of capacity to the U.S. electric power grid, according to data in our July 2024 electric generator inventory. In 2010, only 4 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale battery energy storage was added in the United States. In July 2024, more than 20.7 GW of battery energy storage capacity was available in the United States.
(Oil Price) - A refining capacity shortage is looming globally and could materialize as soon as next year, the chief executive of Phillips 66 told Bloomberg in an interview.
(CNN) - Global supply chains, now a couple years recovered from pandemic-era snarls, have been chugging along at a much healthier clip.
(MSN) - The Panama Canal is lifting restrictions that caused a global shipping bottleneck as water levels normalize after a severe drought.
(WO) – Chevron Corporation started water injection operations at two of its offshore projects to boost oil and gas recovery at the company’s existing Jack/St. Malo and Tahiti facilities in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
(Bloomberg) -- Koch Industries Inc., the second-largest closely held firm in the US, is changing its name after nearly six decades, along with its corporate structure.
(MSN) - Exxon Mobil aims to become a leading producer of lithium for electric vehicle batteries through a drilling operation the oil giant is launching in Arkansas, the company announced Monday.
Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. held a celebratory groundbreaking to mark the commencement of construction on a new liquid fertilizer facility in Defiance, Ohio. The new 50,000-square-foot production facility will occupy 50 acres and is set to become operational in 2024. The facility will service the Eastern Great Lakes Region through its distribution partners and will include terminal loadouts for rail cars and tanker trucks.
(Reuters) - Ford Motor Co (F.N) said on Thursday it will buy lithium from ioneer Ltd's (INR.AX) Rhyolite Ridge mining project in Nevada and use the metal to build electric vehicle batteries in the United States.
(The Daily Scoop) - "The closing of this acquisition marks Koch's first substantial investment on the African continent," said Brad Razook, Executive VP of Koch Industries and CEO, Resources. "We are excited to add another nutrient to the KAES portfolio in collaboration with a world-class partner."
(The Wall Street Journal) - Political uncertainty is clouding prospects for new drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, but Shell PLC—the Gulf’s biggest producer—is still investing billions of dollars in its waters to pump oil for years to come.
(Elko Daily) - Alot has been happening with the Rhyolite Ridge lithium/boron project in recent months.
“On March 31, U.S. President Joe Biden announced plans to invoke the Defense Production Act to provide hundreds of millions in new subsidies for the mining of minerals critical for the wind, solar and electric vehicles industries.
(MSN) - Penflex Corporation recently became the newest member of The Sulphur Institute (TSI), an international, non-profit organization dedicated to advocating for the safe use of sulfur.
(Agri Business Global) - Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (Koch) and OCP have signed an agreement under which a Koch affiliate will acquire a 50% interest in Jorf Fertilizers Company III (JFC III) from OCP, the world's largest phosphate mining and leading global fertilizer group. When closed, the transaction will establish a 50/50 joint venture.