IIR News Intelligence

Tres candidatos presidenciales destacados presentan posturas distintas sobre la minería y las industrias extractivas de cara a las elecciones del domingo 31 de mayo. Las encuestas apuntan a una probable segunda vuelta, con importantes implicaciones para las políticas de hidrocarburos, minería y transición energética de Colombia.

A planned expansion at Cheniere's Sabine Pass LNG export terminal will be supported by engineering firm Bechtel. A final investment decision could be made by early next year.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney wants to cut U.S. trade in response to President Donald Trump's aggressive rhetoric. Recent federal data from Canada show that would be an uphill battle.

Industrial Info Resources is tracking 12 LNG projects across Canada, valued at more than US$51 billion, including export developments along Canada's western shores.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney continued his efforts to build up the economy with the launch of a sovereign wealth fund. Through trade and investments, Canada aims to become an energy superpower.

LNG drives significant growth in global orders, but executives warn Strait of Hormuz likely won't reopen soon

Fuel pellet construction projects are active in the U.S., Mexico and Canada, bringing in US$1.75 billion in potential capital and maintenance spending.

Violence in the Middle East is influencing the performance of companies across the global energy sector.

Crude oil prices have edged downward, but little is certain amid continued instability along the Strait of Hormuz.

With less than 40 days until hurricane season, early U.S. forecasts point to a generally quieter Atlantic driven by El Niño.

Global crude oil prices were treading water on Thursday, though tensions remain high after a ship was seized in the Emirati waters of the Persian Gulf.

The International Energy Agency says some 14 million barrels per day of oil are shut in due to conflict in the Middle East.

Industrial Info Resources is tracking a number of unplanned ethylene shutdowns in the Middle East caused by the ongoing conflict.

Global crude oil prices slipped Tuesday after global shipper Maersk said a vessel made it through the Strait of Hormuz.

Phillips 66 is advancing major growth projects. According to Industrial Info Resources data, there is $5 billion worth of projects worldwide attributed to the energy company, excluding two major joint-venture petrochemical facilities under construction.

U.S. wholesale price for a gallon of gasoline is up nearly 90% over the last three months, and it could go higher. Industrial Info is tracking related developments.

While agricultural producers are clamoring for fertilizer amid a global shortage, domestic petrochemical producers are realizing they may have put too much on the market.

Having resumed operations in August 2025 after a nearly year-long suspension because of the oil price surge, Long Son Petrochemicals (LSP), a Vietnam subsidiary of Siam Cement Group (SCG) is once again facing an operational halt due to the continuing conflict in the Middle East.

A new task force aims to boost recruitment in the infrastructure, corrosion prevention and materials protection field.

Occidental Petroleum continues to face market headwinds. Its realized crude oil price for the first quarter was about 13% below the global average during the first quarter. Industrial Info Resources is tracking seven projects led by Occidental Petroleum in the United States slated for capital spending this year.

Australia's chemical industry is experiencing widespread disruptions due to the conflict in the Middle East.

Fluor received contracts for two major proposed projects in the U.S.--a new domestic crude oil refinery, as well as SMR construction at a Dow chemical site, both in Texas. Industrial Info is tracking more than US$45 billion worth of active and proposed projects worldwide featuring Fluor's services, more than US$12 billion of which is attributed to projects in the U.S.

The inability of seven Western states to decide how to allocate water from the Colorado River may cause the federal government to step in and allocate the precious resource.

Canadian uranium miner Cameco was forced to curb some of its production due to flooding and a bridge failure in Saskatchewan.

Nouveau Monde Graphite started work on the second phase of the Matawinie graphite mining operation. With global demand on the rise, the Canadian government is keen on setting itself up for success.

Rebuilds, modernizations and upgrades are the name of the game for most current and future projects involving rotary kilns.

Europe's first complete cycle lithium mining project has completed construction in Syväjärvi in western Finland.

Industrial Info Resources is tracking more than US$7 billion of ongoing construction at glass plants throughout the world, led by China, Hungary and the U.S.

In a 6-3 decision Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump exceeded his legal authority in unilaterally imposing unbounded tariffs on nearly every country in the world using a 1970s-era emergency economic law.

The U.S. Supreme Court has gutted a central pillar of President Donald Trump's economic agenda.

A winter storm is expected to move from the U.S. Southwest across the southern Plains and into the East this weekend. This system is forecast to bring heavy rain and localized flooding.

CMPC is moving ahead with a major investment to build a new pulp mill in Barra do Ribeiro, in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state

Ed Lewis, the founder and CEO of Industrial Info Resources (IIR), calls the IIR model "surveillance-grade" because it is active and asset-level. Now, IIR is exploring AI.

Ed Lewis is the founder and CEO of Industrial Info Resources, which for the last 42 years has been providing data and market intelligence across the entire supply chain of companies involved in industrial and energy-related markets.

A federal trade court was told March 6 that it would take about 45 days to reconfigure the systems and processes used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection before it could begin making refunds on tariffs it has collected.

The manufacture of soft drinks, juice drinks, bottled water and similar beverages means big business in the U.S., and the producers and bottlers of these beverages are at work on projects across the country.

With more than $2 billion of projects at U.S. soybean-crushing plants rated as medium- or high-probability in the works, the sector is led by Illinois, where one grassroot plant presently is under construction and two others are being expanded.

The European Union (EU) has signed its largest ever free trade agreement with India as it seeks to create new economic ties at a time of geopolitical unrest caused by China, Russia and the U.S..

The Mercosur-EU deal will bring agricultural, mining and manufacturing opportunities to South American producers.

El acuerdo Mercosur-UE brindará oportunidades agrícolas, mineras y manufactureras a los productores sudamericanos.

CBRE found more than 90% of industrial lease holders across the U.S. plan to maintain or expand their properties over the next 36 months

Industrial Info Resources is tracking $17 billion worth of capital-spending projects related to the manufacturing of aircraft and aircraft parts in the U.S., including those from Boeing. The U.S. aircraft sector encompasses both defense and commercial aircraft and means big business throughout the country.

At seemingly every moment, someone, somewhere in the U.S. is at work on a boiler and/or chiller system. Industrial Info Resources data find around $1.3 billion worth of U.S. boiler and chiller projects that are actively under construction.

Power company American Electric Power this week boosted its five-year spending plan by $6 billion to $78 billion after signing multiple large-load agreements in the first quarter.

Large computational electric loads from data centers and other facilities could pose a threat to the reliability of the U.S. bulk power system, warns the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC).

According to Industrial Info Resources data, there are $63 billion worth of active and planned battery-manufacturing projects across the U.S., with $45 billion of the spend attributed to projects under construction.

The universe's second lightest element, helium, a non-flammable and noble gas, is witnessing an uptick in global demand fueled by industries like semiconductors, electronics, healthcare and aerospace.

Industrial Info is tracking more than $5.5 billion of current and potential U.S. projects to research, develop and manufacture the devices and equipment that keep the medical sector functioning.

Germany's Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co KG is expanding its home-country operations with plans to spend 480 million euro (US$574 million) to build a state-of-the-art production facility in Saarlouis, in southwest Germany.

The Irish government has approved a new energy plan to boost investment in energy intensive facilities including data centers, life sciences, semiconductors and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

A multi-day storm system will create episodic, weather-driven risks for energy and industrial operations from the Plains into the Southeast through Saturday.

Shin Poong Pharmaceutical (Seoul, South Korea) is seeking to secure funding for a large-scale manufacturing investment at its Osong (Cheongju) and Ansan plants in South Korea.