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    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      Oil falls to lowest level since July ahead of Opec+ meeting

      Brent drops almost 5% to close at $77.42 a barrel

      The logo of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      Russian business & finance
      US hits 3 UAE shipowners with sanctions for violating Russian oil price cap

      Move signals new enforcement effort following evidence that Kremlin is skirting G7 ban

      Oil storage tanks stand at a Rosneft refinery in Tuapse, Russia
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      Greedflation
      ‘Greedflation’ revisited

      Did price-gouging really contribute meaningfully to inflation?

    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      US-China relations
      US and China agree to boost green energy in climate action ‘gesture’

      Co-operation viewed as positive sign ahead of COP28 despite lack of commitment on phaseout of fossil fuels

      A solar farm in China
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      EU rules on methane leaks to hit oil and gas importers

      New regulations fail to include specific target on reduction of potent greenhouse gas emissions from energy sector

      Gas flares
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Food Prices
      Global food price inflation set to fall in 2024, says Rabobank

      Lender predicts prices of sugar, coffee, corn and soyabeans will weaken as production increases

      Workers carry harvested wheat on a farm in Pakistan
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: economy and trade
      Ukraine reaches deal with insurers for grain shipments

      Arrangement created with broking giant Marsh McLennan will provide affordable cover for Black Sea vessels

      Odesa port
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: economy and trade
      Denmark could block Russian oil tankers from reaching markets

      Western nations are exploring more robust ways of enforcing a price cap on Kremlin’s crude

      An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis complex in Novorossiysk, Russia
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Azerbaijan
      West puts energy deals before plight of economist jailed in Azerbaijan, says family

      Europe accused of turning a blind eye on imprisoned academic because of its reliance on Baku for gas

      Gubad Ibadoghlu, London School of Economics visiting professor
    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      Energy Source
      Energy’s ‘urgent’ methane problem  Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, Exxon’s foray into lithium and a Russian oil scoop

      A gas flare
    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      Global InsightMichael Stott
      Oil still looks like an easier bet for Latin America than renewables

      Political risk stymies region’s wind and solar potential while fossil fuels deliver reliable returns

      The Staatsolie refinery in Suriname
    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: economy and trade
      Almost no Russian oil is sold below $60 cap, say western officials

      Allies discuss ways to ‘toughen up’ key sanction as Moscow circumvents limits on seaborne crude

      Railroad freight cars, including oil tanks, in Omsk, Russia
    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      Energy sector
      UK geothermal developer seeks £600mn to expand into lithium in Cornwall

      GEL joins race to cash in on region’s mining revival

    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      US oil analyst fired after ‘antisemitic incident’ tied to Israel-Hamas war

      Freepoint Commodities says employee filmed in argument over hostage posters is ‘no longer associated’ with the group

      A partially torn down poster featuring a picture with the word ‘kidnapped’ hangs on a light pole in New York City
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      LexTyson Foods Inc
      US meat producers: record beef prices stick a fork in profits Premium content

      With real meat facing real problems, investors should cut back their exposure

      Employees cut fresh beef meat into small pieces at the First Capitol Meat Processing plant in Corydon, Indiana
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      ExxonMobil
      Exxon to begin producing lithium to feed surging battery demand

      Oil producer has acquired rights to 120,000 acres of land in Arkansas as part of big strategic pivot

      A VW electric SUV
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      Moral Money
      Battery recyclers set to take centre stage Premium content

      Governments count on metals recycling boom for energy security

      An aerial photo of an industrial building with a roof covered with solar panels
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      Exchange traded funds
      Investors miss out on sugar rush as they flee commodities ETFs

      Few have taken advantage of price rally as those of other crops has fallen

      A farmer carries sugarcane in India
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      The hack that halted the US Treasury market

      UK Takeover Panel becomes an unexpected casualty of the dealmaking drought

    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      Deforestation
      Food industry calls for more time to implement EU deforestation rules

      Producers and traders call for more details and say rules will fail to deliver environmental benefits

      This aerial view shows people walking on a deforested and burning area of the Amazon rainforest in Autazes, Brazil
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      Geopolitics
      Geopolitical risks worst in 50 years, warns oil services boss

      Baker Hughes CEO says wars in Ukraine and Middle East threaten instability similar to 1973 oil embargo

    • Sunday, 12 November, 2023
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: economy and trade
      US seeks to thwart Russia’s ambition to become a major LNG exporter

      Washington has for the first time added Russian liquefied natural gas to sanctions linked to the war in Ukraine

    • Sunday, 12 November, 2023
      Batteries
      Tech start-ups race to make EV battery recycling sustainable

      Industry anticipates surge in disposals as first batch of electric vehicles nears end of 10-year life cycle

      A worker cleans ‘black mass’, a mix of battery metals, off plates at a battery recycling facility in Kingston, Canada
    • Saturday, 11 November, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      Oil majors call on Washington and Brussels to intervene in LNG dispute

      Shell, BP and Edison accuse Venture Global of worsening EU gas crisis by refusing to honour multibillion-dollar contract

      A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker
    • Saturday, 11 November, 2023
      UK agriculture
      UK farmers’ union accuses sugar producer of short-changing growers

      Criticism from National Farmers’ Union follows surge in price of commodity to 12-year high

      Sugar beet being harvested in Norfolk
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