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Australia's Woodside Energy said on Thursday it had gotten in into a deal with Chevron to exchange stakes in a number of energy tasks, with the U.S. oil and gas giant making a money payment of up to $400 million to Woodside. Under the regards to the deal, Woodside will acquire Chevron's 16.67% stake in the North West Rack (NWS) Task, the NWS Oil Project and its 20% stake in the Angel Carbon Capture and Storage Job, all located in Western Australia. On the other hand, Woodside will transfer its 13% non-operated interest in the Wheatstone and its 65% operated...

U.S. oil and gas manufacturer Devon Energy beat experts' quotes for second-quarter profit on Tuesday and raised its full-year production forecast. Shares were up 2.6% at $43.05 in aftermarket trade. Based upon our strong efficiency for the very first half of 2024, we now anticipate our full-year 2024 production guidance to be 5 percent greater than our original outlook, CEO Rick Muncrief said. The Oklahoma-based firm now expects 677,000 barrels of oil equivalent daily (boepd) to 688,000 boepd for the present year. Devon Energy, in July, stated it had actually participated in an offer to obtain Williston Basin service of...

U.S. oil and gas manufacturer Coterra Energy missed out on analysts' estimates for secondquarter earnings on Thursday, injured by subdued natural gas rates. U.S. natural gas costs have tumbled this year amid lukewarm need due to a hotter-than-expected winter season and a build-up in storage. The business's typical list prices for gas fell to $ 1.26 per thousand cubic feet (mcf) compared with $1.65 per mcf a year earlier, with prices at the Permian Basin dropping below no. Total production increased to 669,200 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) from 664,900 boepd. However, natural gas production declined. It sees...

The top U.S. oil and corn industry lobby groups said on Tuesday they were suing President Joe Biden's administration over its strategies to slash planetwarming tailpipe emissions from cars and trucks and trucks, arguing the regulations will cause economic harm. The U.S. Epa this spring finalized new rules for designs of semi-trucks, buses and other heavy-duty lorries launched from 2027 to 2032 in a quote to cut 1 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions through 2055. It also announced regulations to decrease emissions from cars and trucks and other light and medium duty cars in a different set of requirements...

Ithaca Energy PLC: * ITHACA ENERGY PLC DELEK GROUP - DLEKG - TRANSFORMATIONAL COMBINATION WITH ENI UK * ITHACA ENERGY PLC: FACTOR TO CONSIDER SHARES DESERVE C. ₤ 754. MILLION * ITHACA ENERGY PLC: MIX OF ITHACA ENERGY AND. SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF ENI S.P.A.'S UK UPSTREAM OIL AND GAS PROPERTIES * ITHACA ENERGY PLC: ANTICIPATED 2024 COMBINED PRODUCTION OF. 80,000. TO 87,000 BARRELS OF OIL EQUIVALENT PER DAY FOR COMBINATION * ITHACA ENERGY PLC: AMBITION FOR AS MUCH AS $500 MILLION OVERALL. DIVIDEND IN 2024 FOR MIX * ITHACA ENERGY PLC: ITHACA ENERGY BOARD HAVE DETERMINED. THAT. MIX REMAINS IN...

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and worldwide markets from Mike Dolan Wall St returns from its vacation to a mix of rate of interest cut doubts, retailer updates and the biggest U.S. corporate deal of the year - while China's newest monetary easing was brushed off by markets overseas. With the Federal Reserve launching minutes of its January policy meeting on Wednesday, the rates market has actually been dragged kicking and yelling back more detailed to where the Fed had initially indicated at the end of last year. After sparky brand-new year customer and manufacturer rate readings...

The Biden administration on Friday issued lastminute proposed rules to curb dutyfree imports under the $800 de minimis threshold, rejecting the lowvalue deliveries exemption for items that undergo other punitive U.S. tariffs. The relocation marks a problem for e-commerce companies, including China-based Shein and PDD Holdings' Temu, which have exploited the de minimis threshold to ship millions of small packages a day to U.S. clients. The Biden administration first announced in September that it was taking actions to curb the trade loophole that it blames for shipments of fentanyl precursor chemicals to avert custom-mades inspection and tariffs. U.S. Customs and...

AngloAustralian mining huge Rio Tinto prepares to produce a. standalone lithium department after it closes its $6.7 billion. acquisition of Arcadium Lithium, according to an. internal memo seen . The strategy reflects how carefully connected Rio CEO Jakob Stausholm. and his management group believe lithium is to the business's. future and the high worth they put on Arcadium's engineers as. part of the offer. Arcadium's investors authorized the sale last month and. closing is anticipated by July. The new company, Rio Tinto Lithium, will assume control of. Rio's $2.5 billion Rincon job in Argentina however not its. controversial Jadar lithium...

Arcadium Lithium said on Monday its investors have actually voted in favor of a $6.7 billion sale to Australian mining giant Rio Tinto. Shares of Arcadium Lithium rose about 7% in extended trading after the business stated that about 98% of its investors had enacted favor of the sale. The deal, expected to close in mid-2025, will catapult Rio Tinto to the world's third-largest lithium miner position, simply behind Albemarle and SQM. Arcadium is facing legal obstacles, as some investors have submitted claims versus it declaring misrepresentation, concealment and neglect relating to the takeover offer, the business revealed in a...

De Beers' CEO said he anticipated settlements on a brand-new diamond sales pact with Botswana's federal government to be concluded within weeks, after meeting the nation's brand-new president. De Beers, a system of Anglo American, last year agreed a brand-new sales pact with Botswana, the world's top diamond manufacturer by worth, but it has yet to be signed. Botswana's new President Duma Boko has criticised his predecessor's handling of the settlements with De Beers, saying the relationship might have been damaged and the company had considered leaving. Both sides are extremely positive that we will reach positioning on those contracts...

Arcadium, the lithium producer that has consented to sell itself to Rio Tinto, published an 82% drop in quarterly earnings on Thursday that missed Wall Street's expectations due to sliding prices of the electric vehicle battery metal. Much of the lithium industry is competing with a supply glut brought on in part by a softening of aggressive EV adoption rates and oversupply from China. Yet that market imbalance is predicted to end later on this years, making Arcadium's portfolio of leading lithium projects across the globe a prime target for Rio, which is paying $6.7 billion for the company. Rio...

Rio Tinto stated on Wednesday it would get Arcadium Lithium for $6.7. billion in an allcash offer that would make it one of the. world's biggest lithium producers. The international miner would gain access to Arcadium's wide range. of mines, processing facilities and deposits in addition to a. consumer base that includes automakers Tesla, BMW. and General Motors. Rio's Rincon project in Argentina is because of begin producing. later this year, while its Jadar task in Serbia might take at. least 2 years to secure all the needed licenses. Below is a list of the leading lithium manufacturers on the...

The following are the leading stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has actually not confirmed these stories and does not attest their accuracy. - Rio Tinto said it has agreed to a $6.7. billion takeover of Arcadium Lithium, propelling it. into the ranks of the leading manufacturers of a key commodity used in. batteries for electric lorries. - The U.S. Justice Department sent a filing on Tuesday. that presented a federal court with a variety of potential. alternatives-- from conduct constraints to a breakup-- aimed at ending. what a judge stated was Google's unlawful monopoly in. search. - Newmont...

From northern Quebec's tundra to Argentina's Andes Mountains and the plateaus of Western Australia, Arcadium's lithium portfolio, brought together over nearly 40 years, has actually lured Rio Tinto as it bids to be a top manufacturer of the EV battery metal at an advantageous point in the market cycle. Arcadium's mix of active mines, lithium deposits filled with decades of supply, and some of the industry's most advanced processing centers would complement Rio's output of copper, iron ore and other important minerals and assist the Anglo-American mining giant expand its footprint in the worldwide energy shift. So far the market...

Australian shares ended higher on Monday as gains in heavyweight banking stocks exceeded a decrease in top miner Rio Tinto's shares after it confirmed it remained in speak with purchase Arcadium Lithium. The S&P/ ASX 200 benchmark index closed 0.7% higher at 8,205.4 points. The standard fell 0.8% recently. Monetary stocks rose 1.5%, with the Big 4 banks advancing between 1.2% and 2.1%. Global funds are buying banks and miners to keep the market higher, stated Mathan Somasundaram, CEO of DeepData Analytics. Banks are far more liquid and have a larger weightage compared to other sectors, and for that reason,...

Rio Tinto has been holding speak with buy lithium miner Arcadium, three sources with direct knowledge of the settlements said, an offer that would make Rio the thirdlargest manufacturer of the electric lorry battery metal. Arcadium shares surged 36% in extended trading on Friday. Talks have actually been continuous and continued in London today throughout the LME Week conference, among the sources stated. An deal is expected to come in the near future, according to the second source. Talks are continuous and may not necessarily result in an offer, the sources stated. Philadelphia-based Arcadium might be valued between $4. billion...

Financiers are piling into exchange traded funds concentrated on business that are restoring or expanding production in the U.S. and benefiting from federal government subsidies. Some $2.25 billion has streamed into a little group of ETFs highlighting the so-called reshoring theme this year, bringing their total assets to a record $9.67 billion by the end of August. Companies keep describing reshoring as a long-lasting driver of their development, and our goal is to find beneficiaries or enablers of that pattern before that theme is mainstream, said Chris Semenuk, who oversees the actively managed Tema American Reshoring ETF, introduced last year....

The Biden administration said on Friday it was moving to curb lowvalue deliveries going into the U.S. dutyfree under the $800 de minimis limit that has been exploited by Chinese ecommerce companies such as Shein and PDD Holdings' Temu. White House authorities stated they will propose the brand-new trade guidelines to deny the duty-free exemption to bundles that contain low-value items subject to the Section 301 tariffs on Chinese products, the Area 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum products and Area 201 on secure tariffs on items including solar products and washing machines. The proposed rule includes new info disclosure...