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Congo-Brazzaville oil discovery should aid industry

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CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE

With the government’s finances and governance under renewed scrutiny as a result of a recently agreed IMF bailout, two Congolese companies on August 10 announced a sizable first…

YPFB maps out bold gas spending strategy in Bolivia

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BOLIVIA

These will include investment in exploration and exploitation in environmentally sensitive national parks. Export agreements to Brazil and Argentina, plus increased domestic…

AI use in the fashion industry will proliferate

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INT

Firms in this sector are deploying AI in functions as diverse as consumer behaviour analysis and product development to supply chain management and marketing. The fashion industry…

Technological advances are improving mining efficiency

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INTERNATIONAL

Mining companies rediscover innovation.

France’s domestic climate agenda will be cautious

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FRANCE

This highlights government sensitivity to sectoral concerns about climate change regulation and reflects President Emmanuel Macron’s broader strategy of seeking incentives rather…

Angola's onshore oil gamble unlikely to pay off

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ANGOLA

A BP project will deliver a temporary production boost when it comes onstream later this year, but Angola needs other foreign energy companies to sanction new greenfield…

Europe's high-speed rail hopes could go off track

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EUROPE

The high-speed rail sector in Europe.

Mercosur-EU trade deal will face wide opposition

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MERCOSUR/EU

Twenty years to the day after talks began, the EU and Mercosur announced that a free trade deal had been reached on June 29. The agreement is predicted to save European exporters…

South African energy transition may offer useful model

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SOUTH AFRICA

Beyond the benefits for South Africa, the plan may become a model for other developing countries as they consider decarbonisation strategies.

External factors will prod Russia into climate action

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RUSSIA

This is still tentative planning but it indicates the Kremlin is being spurred into action by looming curbs on high-carbon products in China and the EU, Russia's key export…