A selection process will be established to determine which projects — including extraction, processing and recycling materials — are eligible, the people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

The charging points will be installed over the next three years in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and six other major cities under the Shell Recharge brand.

Over 15% of the aluminum produced in China comes from Xinjiang, a region where the government has conducted a “long-running campaign of repression against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim communities.”

Seven coalition members have pledged supply curbs totaling about 900,000 barrels a day this quarter, in tandem with a 1 million-barrel reduction by group leader Saudi Arabia.

Bound4blue said that the eSail wind power propulsion system will help shipowner SNA TUHA’A PAE (SNA) reduce its energy consumption by up to 10%.

Since the start of 2024, the wholesale cost of fuel delivered to northwest Europe has jumped by 12% to just over $116 a barrel.