Kuwait is planning to increase its oil production despite an ongoing strike by Kuwaiti oil workers. The Kuwaiti government said that it would sue, what
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OPEC Fails to Agree on a Production Freeze
Yesterday’s (17 April) marathon negotiation session in Doha among the world’s biggest oil producers failed to produce an output freeze, a decision that could cause
Tumbling Non-OPEC Supply: Is Rebalancing of the Oil Market Underway?
OPEC, the organization made up of the major petrol-exporting countries, said that there was growing evidence that US production would fall and that there would
Europe’s Energy Union: Foreign Policy Implications for Energy Security, Climate and Competitiveness
Thomas Raines (Chatham House – The Royal Institute of International Affairs) For the EU, the energy sector is one of its key topics. The Commission
Chinese Potash Deals to Define Potash Industry This Year
Canadian, Russian and Belarusian fertilizer producers are expected to sign contracts with their Chinese customers in the near future. The price that China pays for
Vale and Apollo Ready a Joint Bid for a Brazilian Fertilizer Business
Vale, Brazil’s biggest producer of phosphate, is joining its forces with the American private equity firm Apollo to bid for Anglo American’s phosphate business in
World’s Poorest Economies Struggle with Their Debt Due to Weak Commodity Prices
The fall in commodity prices and a strong US dollar have had a negative impact on the world’s poorest economies whose budgets accumulated as much
Latin American Countries Call for Oil Production Freeze
Ecuador, the smallest member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), said on behalf of Latin American nations that the oil-producing economies must take
Gensource Potash Shifts to Vertical Integration
Gensource Potash said earlier this week that it had signed an asset purchase agreement and term sheet for an offtake agreement with Yancoal Canada Resources.
China’s Fertilizer Firm Sets Up Operations in Australia
Chinese fertilizer producer, Hubei Xinyangfeng, purchased a farm in southern New South Wales in Australia and thus secured its first allotment of farmland outside of