IIR News Intelligence

Europe will continue to back its ongoing policy of sanctions against Russia despite a deal for diesel announced by the U.S. President Donald Trump with Russia's leader Vladimir Putin.

Australia's east-coast gas market requires a coordinated strategy to maintain natural-gas availability, protect LNG operations and support the country's electricity transition.

Australia's east-coast gas market requires a coordinated strategy to maintain natural-gas availability, protect LNG operations and support the country's electricity transition.

Devon Energy is divesting from Eagle Ford in a deal with Crescent Energy. Deals such as these are piling up ahead of third-quarter earnings season amid a high-price commodity cycle.

The federal government is leaning on an already-depleted strategic reserve to stabilize markets as confidence in the world's largest economy fades

The Netherlands will miss its 2030 targets for power emissions as the transition to cleaner forms of energy runs into numerous obstacles.

Large crude oil importers especially, such as China, Japan, India, and the EU are reeling, and looking to replace fossil fuels wherever possible.

Industrial Info Resources is tracking 76 biofuel-related projects across Argentina, representing US$4.91 billion of investment

Hydro-processed esters and fatty acids (HEFA), sustainable aviation fuel's (SAF) traditional feedstock, lacks supplies to meet predicted demand. ETJ requires a second processing layer, but feedstock is cheaper and more plentiful than HEFA's.

Argentina podría desregular su mercado de biocombustibles y elevar el porcentaje obligatorio de mezcla de bioetanol y biodiésel en los combustibles convencionales para fomentar una mayor competencia entre los actores del mercado.

A strengthening hurricane is threatening offshore oil and natural gas production, coastal industrial facilities and electricity networks

The runoff reflects Brazil's continuing political polarization, which has also been a characteristic of other South American countries in recent years

Despite near-universal condemnation, the White House is said to be mulling a ban on diesel exports.

Should nuclear power plants expected to operate for several decades be designed for historical environmental conditions, or for those they may encounter over their full operating lives?

Industrial Info Resources finds refinery maintenance in PADD 2, covering much of the Great Lakes region, could be one of the largest seasonally.

Planned crude oil unit outages in the United States for Fall 2026 are 144,000 bpd lower.

Data centers play the dominant role in all but one of the top five U.S. states anticipating the most industrial construction project starts in 2027.

A potentially historic El Niño will reshape North American temperature, precipitation and energy-demand patterns through fall 2026 and winter 2026-27.

Tropical Storm Lala could approach hurricane strength near the Big Island, bringing threats from flooding rainfall, damaging winds, dangerous surf and coastal flooding across Hawaii.

The company behind the U.K.'s first large scale low-carbon hydrogen production plant at Stanlow refinery has committed to spending £4.3 billion (US$5.8 billion) on low-carbon energy transition projects in the U.K..

Wildfire risk expands across major U.S. energy regions as heat and dryness increase concerns from ERCOT and the southern Plains to the Pacific Northwest.

NOAA and Colorado State University continue to forecast a below-normal Atlantic hurricane season, citing increasing confidence that El Niño will suppress tropical development through the season's peak.

Industrial Info Resources is tracking four active projects at the Centinela mine, representing total investments of US$4.1 billion

Industrial Info Resources is tracking six expansion or addition projects, totaling US$180 million of investment, at the Grota do Cirilo mine

European Union (EU) steel exports fell by 20% in the first half of 2026, while EU steel production declined to a historic low of 125.8 million tonnes (MT).

Codelco investiga inconsistencias en la producción de sus minas Ministro Hales y Salvador, donde es posible que se haya contabilizado por duplicado parte de la producción.

El Tribunal Federal de Apelaciones de Brasil falló a favor de Sigma Lithium en el recurso presentado contra una orden de suspensión del 8 de septiembre, la cual obligaba a la compañía a detener las operaciones en la mina Grota do Cirilo y exigía nuevos estudios sobre las comunidades locales.

Category 3 Hurricane Isaias approaches the northern Gulf Coast, threatening energy infrastructure with destructive winds, storm surge and widespread inland flooding.

A potentially historic El Niño will reshape North American temperature, precipitation and energy-demand patterns through fall 2026 and winter 2026-27.

Wildfire risk expands across major U.S. energy regions as heat and dryness increase concerns from ERCOT and the southern Plains to the Pacific Northwest.

NOAA and Colorado State University continue to forecast a below-normal Atlantic hurricane season, citing increasing confidence that El Niño will suppress tropical development through the season's peak.

Industrial Info Resources is tracking more than $1 billion worth of dedicated wastewater treatment construction projects outside of the Oil & Gas Production Industry in the U.S. This expands to more than US$15 billion globally.

Brazil announced 18.5 billion reais (US$3.6 billion) in credit lines for local companies faced with U.S. tariffs and international conflicts. The package was unveiled on Wednesday, July 22, the same day a new 25% U.S. tariff on Brazilian goods was imposed. Brazil exported US$37.7 billion of goods to the U.S. in 2025.

Super Typhoon Bavi is forecast to to track near the southern Ryukyu Islands before making landfall along eastern China, threatening critical industrial infrastructure, ports, marine operations and regional transportation across East Asia.

Two U.S. grassroot soybean-related construction projects account for more than $790 million in current spending, and they are about to be joined by another significant project adding hundreds of millions of dollars to soybean-related investments.

Walmart emerges as a clear leader in a $12 billion buildout of U.S. food warehousing & distribution projects.

Canada's retaliatory tariffs targeting US$20 billion worth of goods imported from the U.S. are now in effect. This includes a 50% tariff on U.S. steel and aluminum products and derivatives, as well as a range of tariffs on a variety of goods, although energy, electricity and potash fertilizer were spared.

U.S. infant formula makers have a lined up large and small expansion projects at their plants to boost production.

A potentially historic El Niño will reshape North American temperature, precipitation and energy-demand patterns through fall 2026 and winter 2026-27.

The Canadian government left energy off the table in its response to U.S. tariff threats. But an integrated supply chain has caused concern among labor unions fretting over whether or not the escalation in tensions is even justified.

Category 3 Hurricane Isaias approaches the northern Gulf Coast, threatening energy infrastructure with destructive winds, storm surge and widespread inland flooding.

GlobalFoundries (GF) reached a U.S.-based, $2 billion supply agreement to provide Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) with a crucial artificial intelligence (AI) component, which will require an expansion of one of its manufacturing plants.

Tropical Storm Isaias continues to strengthen this morning as hurricane and storm surge watches were issued for portions of the northern U.S. Gulf Coast.

The European Union (EU) has posted a new record for the amount of industrial robots in operation as the manufacturing sector boosts investment in industrial automation.

U.S. manufacturing activity dipped slightly in September, according to the Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) survey, although high raw material prices and U.S. tariffs on Canada loom.

The Trump administration has lowered the fuel-efficiency standards previously set for automobile models manufactured through 2031.

Data centers play the dominant role in all but one of the top five U.S. states anticipating the most industrial construction project starts in 2027.

Megaprojects valued at $1 billion or more are taking shape in the U.S., and several are on the books to begin construction next year.

The U.S. is ground-zero for GLP-1 drugs, which is fueling billions of dollars of construction investment from the pharmaceutical industry.

A potentially historic El Niño will reshape North American temperature, precipitation and energy-demand patterns through fall 2026 and winter 2026-27.

Tropical Storm Lala could approach hurricane strength near the Big Island, bringing threats from flooding rainfall, damaging winds, dangerous surf and coastal flooding across Hawaii.

Wildfire risk expands across major U.S. energy regions as heat and dryness increase concerns from ERCOT and the southern Plains to the Pacific Northwest.