• Automakers Pull a Slow U-Turn on EVs

    January 20, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land Texas)--The decision by Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan) to book a $19.5 billion asset impairment charge last month, most of which was tied to reversing or abandoning its prior pursuit of electric vehicles (EVs), was a dramatic demonstration of the power President Donald Trump exercised over the sector in 2025. Between imposing tariffs on imported vehicles and parts, which is under review by the U.S. Supreme Cour
  • Western U.S. Home to Most Geothermal Power, Other Opportunities

    January 20, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Geothermal power's installed nameplate capacity in 2024, 3,969 gigawatts-electric (GWe), was 8% greater than the 3,6773 GWe reported in 2020. That's the finding of the "2025 U.S. Geothermal Market Report," issued by the DOE's Office of Geothermal and the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR, formerly the National Renewable Energy Lab). The previous geothermal report came out in 2021.The net increase came
  • Mosaic Endures Rough 2025 for Phosphates, But Upbeat on 2026

    January 20, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Declining fertilizer demand, attributed to rising phosphate prices and an early onset of winter weather, is challenging agricultural chemical producer The Mosaic Company (Tampa, Florida) as it heads into 2026, following a rough year for market conditions. Nonetheless, the company is expecting a significantly better operating environment for the coming year.Industrial Info is tracking
  • Solar Expansion Leads Projected U.S. Power Generation Growth

    January 21, 2026--Written by Aaron Studwell, Ph.D for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Solar power will be the primary driver of electricity generation growth in the United States over the next two years, even as the nation's power grid faces growing pressure from rising demand.Substantial solar capacity that has been in various stages of development and construction in recent years is being commissioned and adding new generation to the grid.
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  • Chipmaker TSMC Projects 2026 Capex will Reach $52 Billion-$56 Billion

    January 20, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--TSMC plans for between $52 and $56 billion in capital spending for 2026, an increase of as much as 40% from 2025's figure. Industrial Info is tracking more than $150 billion worth of active and planned U.S. projects from the company, all of which is attributed to its Fab 21 campus expansion in Phoenix, Arizona.
  • Brazil Boosts Power Output in 2025, with More Expected in 2026

    January 20, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Brazil's National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) reported the South American nation added 7,403 megawatts (MW) of new installed capacity throughout 2025. For 2026, ANEEL expects 9,142 MW of new capacity additions, a 23.4% increase.A total of 136 power plants began commercial operations last year; Rio de Janeiro was the state with the most newly installed capacity.
  • China's Lower Fossil-Fueled Power Use, India-UAE LNG Deal: Your Daily Energy News

    We have handpicked and summarized a selection of energy-related news stories that we think will interest clients of Industrial Info and IIR Energy.
  • Funding Bump for Austria's Largest Green Hydrogen Project

    January 20, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch for IIR News Intelligence (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--The largest green hydrogen project in Austria has been given a 123 million euro (US$144 million) boost by the state-owned Austria Wirtschaftsservice (AWS) bank. Construction is expected to start later this year on the planned green hydrogen plant in Bruck an der Leitha (Lower Austria), which is being co-developed by a joint venture of Austria's oil and gas major, OMV (Vienna) and Abu Dhabi's state-backe
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  • EDF-France Raises Nuclear Investment Estimate

    NEW DELHI--January 20, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--France's state-owned utility Electricite de France (Paris) has raised the estimated investment required to build six new nuclear reactors to €72.8 billion (US$84.8 billion), reflecting higher construction costs and revised project assumptions since the program was announced in 2022.
  • Dangote Lekki Refinery Expansion Advances with $350 Million Construction Deal

    January 20, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Dangote Industries has announced a $350 million contract with Engineers India Limited (EIL) for the latter to be project management consultant (PMC) and to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) for an expansion that will more than double the capacity of Dangote's 650,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Lekki Refinery in Lagos, Nigeria, up to 1.4 million BBL/d.
  • Saudi Arabia Plans to Award 14 GW of Renewable Energy Projects in 2026

    NEW DELHI--January 20, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Saudi Arabia is set to award around 14 gigawatts (GW) of new renewable energy capacity in 2026 as it accelerates progress toward its clean energy ambitions under Vision 2030. The planned awards will be made through the National Renewable Energy Program (NREP) and will include solar and wind projects under the Saudi Power Procurement Company's (SPPC) Round 7 tenders.
  • Ube Corporation Announces Asian Restructuring

    KOFU, JAPAN--January 20, 2026--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) --Ube Corporation's (Tokyo, Japan) "Vision for 2030" roadmap aims to shift focus from production of basic chemicals to specialty chemicals due to weak market conditions and oversupply. This restructuring transformation affects its Thailand operations, Ube Chemicals (Asia) Public Company Limited (UCHA) and UBE Fine Chemicals (Asia) Company Limited (UFA), with shutdowns accelerating by March 2026, a year ear
  • European Leaders Vow to Not Bow to Trump's Tariff Threats

    January 19, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--Europe's leading nations have reacted strongly to threats by the U.S. President Donald Trump to impose fresh tariffs on eight allied nations which are opposed to his proposed takeover of Greenland. Last year's specter of a narrowly avoided Europe-U.S. tariff war is hovering again after Trump announced a 10% tariff on goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the U.K., the Netherlands and
  • IIR's January 19 Market Scorecard Brings You Breaking Geopolitical News

    January 19, 2026--Researched by IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stay current with the latest geopolitical events, and more importantly, instantly connect to how these events may impact you and your business strategies.
  • U.S. Signs Off on Alabama Coal-Mining Projects

    Last week, various branches of the federal government paved the way for Warrior Met Coal's planned mine-expansion projects in Alabama, opening the door to extracting an additional 53 million tons of metallurgical coal.
    Both the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Department of the Interior (DOI) have signed off on various portions of two projects from Alabama-focused metallurgical coal (met coal) miner Warrior Met Coal (Brookwood, Alabama).The projects include the expansions of the Blue
  • White House Meeting Calls for PJM Emergency Power Auction

    January 19, 2026--Written by Paul Wiseman for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--At a Friday White House meeting, U.S. President Donald Trump, members of his administration, and a group of Mid-Atlantic governors urged PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) to hold an emergency power auction to help cover increasing power demands and reverse the trend of rising consumer electric bills connected to such buildouts.
  • Targa Expands Permian Footprint with Acquisition, New Pipeline

    January 19, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Targa Resources recently closed its acquisition of Stakeholder Midstream LLC (San Antonio, Texas) for $1.25 billion, adding a tier to its already-significant presence in the Permian Basin. The deal also adds 480 miles to Targa's 31,200 miles of natural gas pipelines, as well as 180 million cubic feet to its 11.7 billion cubic feet per day of cryogenic natural gas processing and sour
  • Panama's Mulino to Announce Decision on Future of Copper Mine

    January 19, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino said during a press conference that he expects to announce a final decision on the Cobre Panama mine by mid-year."I expect and trust that the process will be completed by mid-year, and I will make the corresponding announcement to the country," said Mulino.
    Additionally, Mulino highlighted that Chile's President-elect Jose Antonio Kast offered him three copper experts to h
  • Levithan Gas Field Expansion, Talen's PJM Acquisition: Your Daily Energy News

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  • Leviathan Gas Field Expansion, Talen's PJM Acquisition: Your Daily Energy News

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  • Petrobras Surpasses 2025 Production Targets

    January 19, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) surpassed its annual production record by 0.5 percentage points in 2025, reaching oil output of 2.4 million barrels per day (BBL/d), about 11% more than the volumes seen in 2024.
    Meanwhile, total oil and gas production also beat 2025's goals by 2.8 percentage points to close at 2.99 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (BOE/d), which is 11% higher year on year.
  • Equinor Spending US$10 Billion To Maintain Norway's Output

    January 19, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--Norway's oil and gas heavyweight Equinor (Stavanger) has awarded almost US$10 billion in framework contracts to maintain the company's offshore installations and onshore plants on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The 12 framework agreements with seven suppliers, including Aibel (Stavanger), Aker Solutions (Oslo), Moreld Apply AS (Stavanger), Wood Group (Aberdeen, Scotland), Rosenberg Worley (Stavang
  • Mitsubishi Makes Haynesville Shale Grab

    January 16, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi said its acquisition of acreage in the Haynesville shale play will give it an advantage in the natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) sectors."By acquiring cost-competitive gas assets, we will build a natural gas value chain that addresses global energy challenges such as increasing energy demand and the transition to decarbonization," the company said late Thursday.
  • Canada, China Ink Strategy Agreements

    January 16, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--During the first visit for a sitting Canadian prime minister to China since 2017, Mark Carney said both sides have reset bilateral relations with an agreement on energy, clean technology and climate competitiveness.Carney, a former central bank governor, met Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping as part of broad-based meetings in Beijing. A five-point plan outlined in a joint statement includes everyt
  • Canadian Hydropower to Begin Flowing into New England

    January 15, 2026--Written by Jesse Broehl, Assistant Editor-in-Chief, IIR News Intelligence (Pennsylvania)--Full commercial operations will begin January 16 on the 145-mile New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) transmission line, which is designed to deliver about 1.2 GW of hydroelectric power into the New England region. The capacity added to the system will change market dynamics for electricity, relieving some demand, and competing against other regional power producers.
  • Amazon Sources Copper from Environmentally Friendlier Arizona Mine

    Making a move toward acquiring the raw materials required by the many data centers it is building in the U.S., Amazon Web Services has agreed to source thousands of tons of copper from a recently restarted mine in Arizona using technology that requires significantly less water and produces less carbon emissions.
  • Venezuelan Barrels Trickle in Amid U.S. Sale Claims

    The U.S. government said it made the first sale of Venezuelan crude after it captured the nation's president, though recent federal data show flows from South America had declined.
  • U.S. LNG Levels Down, Deals Up

    Though the amount of gas feeding U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities is on the decline, there's no shortage of interest in the super-cooled gas given the bevy of recent deals brokered for Gulf Coast installations.The United States is the world leader in exports of LNG, supported by the vast volumes of natural gas found in domestic shale basins. The federal government this week reported that LNG volumes were the equivalent of 15 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) last year and shou
  • Codelco Gets Green Light to Extend Chilean Copper Mine Life

    January 16, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Chilean state mining company Codelco has received environmental impact assessment (EIA) approval for the life-of-mine extension of its Ministro Hales copper mine in the Atacama Desert. The project would allow the mine to extend operations to 2054, and it will cost an investment of US$2.8 billion.
  • Australia to Stockpile Critical Minerals

    January 16, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--The Australian government is moving forward with its A$1.2 billion (US$800 million) plan to buy and stockpile strategic critical minerals essential for clean-energy and high-technology manufacturing as well as advanced military equipment. The aim of the Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve (CMSR) will be to allow Australia to secure its own supplies, reduce its reliance on China and become a leading
  • EPA Seeks to Limit States', Tribes' Use of Clean Water Act to Stop Projects

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday proposed a rule change to an element of the Clean Water Act, which was initially signed into law in 1972. Section 401 of the Clean Water Act gives states and tribes the right "to grant, deny, or waive certification of proposed federal licenses or permits that may discharge into waters of the United States."
    The EPA is now seeking to narrow the scope with which Section 401 can be used, asserting that the statute previously has been imprope
  • Venezuelan Barrels Point to Lower Crude Oil Prices

    January 15, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Tuesday pointed to headwinds from a potential rush of Venezuelan crude on the market.
  • Microsoft Plans to Pay More for Data Centers' Power

    January 15, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Microsoft says it is working to prevent residents from seeing data center-driven electricity price hikes by requesting that utilities charge the tech giant higher rates. Community backlash around the issue of electricity prices has become a point of contention around data center construction.
  • Is CEQ Rule the End 'Regulatory Reign of Terror' or the Start of Legal Chaos?

    January 15, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Trump administration finalized a rule January 7 scaling back the requirement that the White House Council on Environmental Quality set uniform standards for federal agencies to conduct environmental analyses under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), continuing its effort to cut regulation and expedite the construction of infrastructure.
  • From Low Oil Prices to Geopolitics, U.S. Energy Feeling Pressured

    January 15, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land Texas)--Though U.S. inflationary pressures are modest even with global trade tensions, there may be some lingering headwinds for employment in the energy sector.Examining data delayed by the federal U.S. government shut down last year, the Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO), a trade group representing the interests of nearly 3,000 upstream companies, found employment was soft in th
  • Commonwealth LNG Sales Agreement, Indonesia Biodiesel Mandates, BP: Your Daily Energy News

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  • Arabia Saudita busca fortalecer su presencia minera en Latinoamérica

    Arabia Saudita está estableciendo nuevas alianzas con gobiernos latinoamericanos, mientras Riad acoge el Foro de Minerales del Futuro.
  • Continúa la huelga de trabajadores en la mina de cobre Capstone Mantoverde en Chile

    15 de Enero, 2026--Escrito por Amir Richani para IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--El Sindicato N.º 2 de la mina de cobre Mantoverde, operada por Capstone en Chile, se encuentra en huelga desde el 2 de enero. Las negociaciones entre la empresa y los trabajadores fracasaron, y el sindicato rechazó el acuerdo propuesto por Capstone, según informó el medio El Zorro Nortino.
  • Trump Administration Supports Revoking Minnesota Mining Ban

    January 14, 2026--Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land Texas)--Congress has 60 days to act on legislation introduced by U.S. House member Pete Stauber (R-Minnesota) to overturn a mining ban near Minnesota's Boundary Waters area, paving the way for a subsidiary of Chilean-focused Antofagasta to construct a copper-nickel mine in the area.
  • Growing Export Capacity Drives Canada's Oil, Gas Project Starts

    January 14, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--As Canada seeks new customers for its oil and gas output amid ongoing trade disputes with the U.S., several fossil-fuel producers are beginning work on extraction and processing projects in some of Canada's biggest resource hotspots.Industrial Info is tracking more than US$11 billion worth of active and proposed projects in Canada's Oil & Gas Production Industry that are set to b
  • Court Lets Orsted Resume U.S. Offshore Wind Project Despite Trump

    January 14, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)-- Renewable energy company Orsted (Fredericia, Denmark), said Monday it will resume work on its Revolution Wind project off the U.S. Atlantic Coast after a court ruled against a federal stop-work order.
  • British Columbia Points to Big LNG Ambitions

    January 14, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR Energy Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Working to expand opportunities with non-U.S. trading partners, the premier of British Columbia said there are at least a half dozen liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in the works in his province.British Columbia Premier David Eby is leading a trade mission to India to promote bilateral trade in a variety of goods, from critical minerals to wood products. With U.S. tariffs on Canada jeopardizing pro
  • TotalEnergies' Venezuela Stance, Record U.S. Power Consumption: Your Daily Energy News

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  • Saudi Arabia Seeks to Strengthen its Latin American Mining Footprint

    January 14, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Saudi Arabia and Brazil agree on new partnerships, as Chile's minister of mines travels to Riyadh for the Future Minerals Forum, where new partnerships with the Saudi government could be announced.Brazil's Minister of Energy and Mines, Alexandre Silveira, and his Saudi counterpart, Bandar Al-khorayef, met prior to the international conference to strengthen ties. Silveira highlighted Brazil's interest in rece
  • Spain Awards Almost $1 Billion for Energy Storage

    January 14, 2026--Written by Martin Lynch for Industrial Info Resources (Galway, Ireland, Texas)--Spain's government has announced 818 million euro (US$956 million) in financial support for 126 energy storage projects designed to strengthen its power supplies. The funding and the 126 winning projects were announced by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO).
  • Strike at Major Chilean Copper Mine Continues

    January 13, 2026--Written by Amir Richani for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)-Workers at the Mantoverde copper mine in Chile continue their strike that began January 2. The union highlights that operations remain practically halted, with the concentrator being fed at 30% using stockpiled ore. The company has not issued an update since January 1.
  • Venezuela, Permitting Reform Top U.S. Oil & Gas Priority List

    January 13, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Executives from the American Petroleum Institute (API) spend almost half of their 60-minute media briefing Monday discussing Venezuela."Venezuela is the biggest oil story in the world," said API Chief Executive Officer Mike Sommers. He noted that Venezuelan oil reserves have been estimated at about 300 billion barrels, the world's largest, but cautioned that "reserves don't equal production."
  • Illinois Pushes Battery Storage, Low-Carbon Energy Buildout

    January 13, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--Electric bills in Illinois jumped 15% during 2025, and state leaders are renewing a push to reduce the burden on consumers while developing long-term generation resources..Industrial Info is tracking nearly $24 billion worth of active and proposed renewable energy-generation projects across Illinois, as well as more than $7.5 billion worth of BESS projects.Companies featured: Vistra
  • Meta Boosts Nuclear Agreements, Adds Vistra, TerraPower, Oklo

    Working to provide power to its increasing lineup of data centers, Facebook's parent company, Meta Platforms, announced three new agreements to fund generation facilities. The total involved will be up to 6.6 gigawatts of power, new and existing.
  • Feedgas for U.S. LNG Hits Record

    January 13, 2026--Written by Daniel Graeber for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)--With more export commitments emerging, the amount of feedgas running to the eight operational LNG terminals across the U.S. set a record Monday, data from IIR Energy show.IIR Energy in its NATGAS Report for Monday showed feedgas reached 19.45 billion cubic feet (Bcf), besting the previous record of 19.3 Bcf set on December 8.Companies featured: Cheniere Energy, Venture Global, KBR and Tecnicas Reunidas

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