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• Mitsubishi Makes Haynesville Shale Grab

  16-01-2026 21:30 via industrialinfo.com
  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.
  
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• Canada, China Ink Strategy Agreements

  16-01-2026 21:00 via industrialinfo.com
  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
  
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• Canadian Hydropower to Begin Flowing into New England

  16-01-2026 08:55 via industrialinfo.com
  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.
  
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• Amazon Sources Copper from Environmentally Friendlier Arizona Mine

  16-01-2026 08:50 via industrialinfo.com
  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.
  
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• Venezuelan Barrels Trickle in Amid U.S. Sale Claims

  16-01-2026 08:45 via industrialinfo.com
  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.
  
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• U.S. LNG Levels Down, Deals Up

  16-01-2026 08:45 via industrialinfo.com
  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
  
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• Codelco Gets Green Light to Extend Chilean Copper Mine Life

  16-01-2026 08:30 via industrialinfo.com
  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.
  
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• Australia to Stockpile Critical Minerals

  16-01-2026 08:11 via industrialinfo.com
  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
  
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