Chemicals & Energy

Investors Should Keep Cautious Eye on Growth Opportunities in South Africa

June 21, 2017

Sometimes there's nowhere to go but up. But the climb back to economic health isn't necessarily easy, as South Africa, once the continent's top economy, is finding out.

Apple Issues Bond to Finance Clean Energy, Advance Closed-Loop Supply Chain

June 20, 2017

Bloomberg

Apple Inc., which issued the biggest green bond ever sold by a U.S. corporation last year to finance projects fighting global warming, is doing it again.

Total Eclipse: Oil Giant Sees Its Future in Electricity

June 19, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

France's Total SA, one of the world's largest oil companies, sent its top executives to Silicon Valley last summer, where they met with tech investors and futurists. At Tesla Inc.'s Bay Area factory, a Total executive tweeted a photo of a gleaming, red Model S - an electric car that burns no oil products at all.

States Tell EPA They'll Fight Should U.S. Relax Vehicle Emissions Rules

June 15, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

More than a dozen state attorneys general wrote to the head of the Environmental Protection Agency vowing a legal fight to block regulators from easing vehicle-emissions standards, the latest broadside in a battle over the Trump administration's move to reopen a review of the regulations.

This Robot Can Check Oil and Gas Pipelines to Help Prevent Spills

June 13, 2017

Los Angeles Times

It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it.

E.U. Industry Sets Offshore Wind Targets

June 12, 2017

Maritime Executive

The governments of leading offshore wind markets, Germany, Belgium and Denmark joined industry leaders in signing a joint statement on boosting offshore wind development in Europe.

3M Applies Its Technology Prowess to Realize Supply-Chain Transformation

June 12, 2017

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

It only makes sense that The 3M Company, with a business model resting almost entirely upon technology, would eventually get around to deploying it as a tool for realizing new operating efficiencies, while meeting rising customer demands for service.

Mining Giant BHP Eyes Autonomous Cargo Ships

June 12, 2017

Bloomberg

BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's biggest mining company, is studying the introduction of giant, automated cargo ships to carry everything from iron ore to coal as part of a strategic shift that may disrupt the $334bn global shipping industry.

Priorities of Coral and Coal Clash in Aussie Sunshine State

June 7, 2017

The New York Times

As many Australians grapple with how to save their Great Barrier Reef from global warming, others are preoccupied with building one of the world's biggest coal mines nearby.

Shortage of Ethically Sourced Cobalt Causes Trouble for GE, Apple, Tesla

June 7, 2017

Environmental Leader

Major manufacturers like Tesla and General Electric are facing a severe shortage of ethically sourced cobalt, and the metal is expected to increase in demand by 500 percent, says OilPrice.com. Amazon, too, needs the metal for its Kindle, and other consumer electronics are contributing to the demand and resulting shortage of supply.

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