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Investment and policy key to meeting hydrogen goals

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INTERNATIONAL

Production offers flexibility: hydrogen can be made in multiple locations -- increasing geopolitical diversification -- using renewable electricity, nuclear power and fossil fuels…

Turkish auto sector will be slow to electrify

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TURKEY

The Silk Road (SiRo) factory is a joint venture between Turkiye Automotive Enterprise Group (TOGG) and China’s Farasis Energy. According to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey…

Iran’s gas sector faces new US sanctions risks

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IRAN

US sanctions have already impeded payment in hard currency, and Washington’s waivers allowing continuation of the trade may end in February. Exports to Turkey and Iraq have helped…

South Sudan oil sector expansion will prove elusive

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SOUTH SUDAN

Since independence in 2011 -- and during the preceding six years of autonomy -- the budget has depended overwhelmingly on oil revenues. However, production has contracted…

Mining optimism in Argentina will focus on lithium

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ARGENTINA

In March 2020, President Alberto Fernandez announced plans to promote the mining industry, but they were delayed by the pandemic. Argentina is part of the 'lithium triangle', with…

New Philippines auto policy unlikely to achieve aims

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PHILIPPINES

Philippines automobile sector expansion efforts.

Iron ore faces an era of glut

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INTERNATIONAL

Global iron ore prices peaked at 188 dollars per tonne in January 2011, followed by a long slide. The price fell 47% in 2014 and a further 29% so far this year, currently hovering…

Any recovery of Mexico’s Pemex will be slow

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MEXICO

According to preliminary figures, Pemex lost 333 billion pesos (17.8 billion dollars) in 2017, an increase of 74% on the 2016 shortfall. Oil production reached its planned target…

Mexico’s electric car sector looks ripe for expansion

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MEXICO

The inclusion of Mexican-assembled EVs among those eligible for US clean energy subsidies advances Mexico's ambition to develop its leading industrial sector (auto and parts…

Coronavirus will alter Japan’s relations with China

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JAPAN

The impact of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak on Japan.