The world’s top exporter agreed to sell 79,000 tons of non-basmati white rice to Bhutan, 50,000 tons to Singapore and 14,000 tons to Mauritius.

Brazil reached the end of its season in June with 84,745 metric tons of juice in storage, a 41% drop compared to 2022.

RWE Offshore U.S. Gulf LLC won a 102,480-acre (41,472-hectare) tract near Lake Charles, Louisiana for $5.6 million after just two rounds of bidding.

India has recently ramped up restrictions on rice exports as the nation tackles rising food costs before an election in 2024, prompting speculation about which commodity might be next.

The standoff threatens to shut down a major section of the U.S. economy for the second time in five years.

U.S. government policies including tariffs were aimed at decoupling the American and Chinese economies. But Chinese firms appear to be finding ways to mitigate the impact.

Iran, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria and Venezuela will add roughly 900,000 barrels a day of production this year and at least the same in 2024, the bank estimates.

Nornickel, the world’s biggest refined nickel producer and palladium miner, was incorporated under the name Greenwich Holdings Limited in Dubai.

Starting from the middle of 2026, BASF will receive about 800,000 tons of LNG annually from Cheniere Energy Inc. in an agreement that runs through 2043.

The collaborations for the battery plant could range from a joint venture and the sharing of knowledge to experimentation and licensing agreements, Tata said.