Linklaters has bolstered its energy sector offering with the appointment of Joanna Addison, who joins as the firm’s new Global Sector Lead for Energy Transition.Addison was previously Head of Legal for Shell in Qatar and, before that, was a partner at Herbert Smith Freehills.She bringing over... More

bp and Iberdrola have taken a final investment decision for a 25MW green hydrogen project at bp's Castellon refinery in Spain, which is expected to be operational in second half of 2026. This is the first hydrogen project jointly undertaken by bp and Iberdrola through Castellon Green... More

The UK’s first new deep coalmine in 30 years will not be allowed to go ahead after a ruling in the high court.Justice Holgate ruled that plans to build the facility in Whitehaven, Cumbria, would not proceed, in what campaigners called a “victory for the environment”.New fossil fuel... More

Olam Agri Holdings has raised its takeover offer for Namoi Cotton just two days after independent directors at the Australian producer recommended a rival bid from Louis Dreyfus Company.Olam’s increased all-cash offer values Namoi at A$154 million ($104 million), which is 12% more than... More

Vitol is poaching iron ore traders from rivals Glencore and Trafigura, as the world’s biggest oil trader ramps up its efforts to expand into metals. Vitol has been in talks to hire some of Glencore’s iron ore team, and some members have already quit and will be joining Vitol,... More

Guyana’s $646 million loan application to US Ex-Im for a gas-to-shore energy project has moved a step closer, the South American country's government said.The US export credit agency now has all of the information it needs, and the application will go to the bank's board of directors... More

Bolivia state-owned Yacimientos de Litio Boliviano (YLB) has inked a deal with Russia’s Uranium One Group to build a $976 million direct lithium extraction (DLE) facility in the country’s vast Salar de Uyuni.The plant will be the first of its kind in Bolivia, with an initial production... More

Felix Bruecher has moved to AKA Ausfuhrkredit-Gesellschaft from Euler Hermes. At AKA, Bruecher will be director and team head of export and agency finance. Bruecher spent more than 15 years at Germany’s export credit agency, culminating as director of international business development. In... More

The Australian government has signed a deal with Germany to negotiate new green hydrogen supply chains and guarantee European buyers for Australia’s renewable hydrogen producers.The joint declaration of intent to negotiate the A$660 million ($403.7 million) deal is equally funded by both... More

Antipa Minerals has announced the sale of its 32% interest in the Citadel JV project to partner Rio Tinto Exploration for A$17 million ($11.4 million).Proceeds from the transaction will bolster Antipa’s cash reserves to about A$23 million. The Citadel JV was established in 2015 between... More

H2 Green Steel is changing its name to Stegra - a Swedish word meaning "to elevate" - to reflect its goal of decarbonising hard to-abate industries. Stegra will do so by leveraging all three platforms it works with: green hydrogen, green iron and green steel.Stegra is developing a... More

Maybank has extended financing to Sinohydro, a subsidiary of PowerChina, for an EPC project to construct offshore wind power farms of the Ca Mau 1 project in the southern province of Ca Mau, Vietnam.Ca Mau 1 is the largest offshore wind farm in Vietnam and ASEAN. The total installed capacity is... More

Renewable energy projects developed by independent power producers in South Africa received a €400 million (ZAR7.9 billion) boost via a joint initiative between EIB and FirstRand Bank.A €200 million loan from EIB will be matched by FirstRand Bank to invest in renewable energy, in... More

Chilean Cobalt Corp (C3) has entered into a non-binding strategic partnership with Glencore AG and US Strategic Metals to explore domestic US downstream processing of cobalt and copper intermediate products from C3's La Cobaltera project in Chile.In July, C3 penned a non-binding Letter of Intent... More

Galveston LNG Bunker Port has entered into a gas supply agreement for the delivery of natural gas to the GLBP terminal in Texas City, Texas.This gas supply agreement supports GLBP in providing LNG marine fuel to customers in the Galveston Bay Port complex, including the ports of Houston, Galveston... More

IDB and the World Trade Organization have agreed to deepen their collaboration and work towards better trade. Both organizations will join efforts to foster digital trade, assist their members in investment facilitation, and ensure that the benefits of trade are inclusive and reach everyone in... More

US-based natural gas group Oneok has priced an offering to sell $7 billion of senior notes.The offering consists of $1.25 billion of three-year senior notes at a coupon of 4.25%, $600 million of five-year senior notes at 4.40%, $1.25 billion of seven-year senior notes at 4.75%, $1.60 billion of... More

Mining and battery chemicals company Keliber Technology - owned by  Sibanye-Stillwater (80%) and Finish Minerals Group (20%) - closed a €350 million ECA-backed loan to finance construction of its lithium hydroxide project in Finland on 20 August. The 7-year facility signed in 2023 with 80%... More