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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.

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

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

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

Industrial Info Resources is tracking progress at Suncor's Denver refinery and other facilities affected by shutdowns

More than 50 years after achieving its independence from Portugal, Angola has shipped fuel from its newest refinery at Cabinda.

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.

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Industrial Info Resources is tracking activity at ethylene units across the U.S., including those online, planned, under construction or offline.

Planning permission has been granted for the Humber H2ub Green hydrogen production facility near Killingholme power station but a much larger blue hydrogen project has been shelved.

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.

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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.

Peru holds 12% of the world's copper reserves and a US$64 billion mining project portfolio, positioning it as a key global supplier of critical minerals.

A final investment decision (FID) has been taken to progress the Nolans rare earths project in central Australia, following a key offtake deal signed with the Federal government.

Industrial Info Resources is tracking more than 4,600 active and proposed projects at smelters worldwide, totaling about US$595 billion of investment.

Metals and minerals companies have been using artificial intelligence (AI) for several years to streamline processes, increase worker safety, lower costs and improve mining yields. The keynote speaker at last week's Western Mining Summit said it was time to build an AI tool to streamline and shorten the U.S. mining permit process.

The U.K. has announced a plan to nationalise one of its few remaining steel producers, British Steel, having previously taken control of the company away from Chinese company, Jingye.

According to Industrial Info Resources data, there is US$183 billion worth of critical minerals capital projects under construction worldwide, with China and the U.S. accounting for about 45% of the total investment. The project activity includes mining, refining and downstream products.

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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.

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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

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.

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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.

The International Energy Agency estimates electric and hybrid vehicle sales reached 20 million units in 2025 and are expected to hit 23 million this year.

China clearly emerges as the world's lead spender for both current and future construction projects involving the manufacture of mining equipment.

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.

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.

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

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.

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).