U.S. Congress passage of subsidies prompts chip makers to move on projects
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) – Major semiconductor makers on Thursday hailed passage in the U.S. Congress of a pot of federal government money for new chip factories in the…
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) – Major semiconductor makers on Thursday hailed passage in the U.S. Congress of a pot of federal government money for new chip factories in the…
By Simon Jessop LONDON – Asset manager Schroders has teamed up with an environmental organisation to set up a Singapore-based fund house to invest in projects that seek to halt…
SANTIAGO – Chile’s state-owned Codelco, the world’s top copper miner, expects to gradually restart operations at some of its mining projects on Monday, following the death of two workers earlier…
SHANGHAI – China has fast-tracked the approval of construction projects worth more than 380 billion yuan ($56.22 billion) after relaxing its environmental rules last month, but will still show “zero…
MANILA – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr ordered the transport ministry to renegotiate loan agreements struck by his predecessor with China for railway projects worth $4.90 billion, an official said…
WASHINGTON – Katie Britt, an attorney and past senior U.S. Senate aide backed by former President Donald Trump, won the Republican nomination in Alabama’s U.S. Senate race, NBC News projected…
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON – Portugal has picked 51 consortia to invest a total of 7.57 billion euros ($8 billion) in green and other innovative projects over the next four…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) on Thursday proposed minimum standards and requirements for electric vehicle (EV) charging projects funded under a $5 billion government program.…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) is on Thursday proposing minimum standards and requirements for electric vehicle (EV) charging projects funded under a $5 billion government…
KINSHASA -The World Bank and Congo have signed two funding conventions of$900 million to boost female entrepreneurship and access to water and electricity in the east and west of the…
By David Lawder and David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The U.S. Treasury on Tuesday announced the first state awards from a $10 billion COVID-19 aid program aimed at boosting broadband internet…
TOMS RIVER, NJ – This week a sixth plan by Toms River Mayor Maurice Hill to transform the sleepy village of Downtown Toms River into a destination city was announced.…
BOGOTA – Investigative fracking operations in Colombia can go ahead after a court in the Andean country’s Santander province on Thursday reversed a lower court’s decision to block two pilot…
Biden Admin Gives Big Handout To Solar, Wind Projects As Gas Prices Soar Thomas Catenacci on June 1, 2022 The Biden administration unveiled a policy Tuesday evening making it cheaper for…
(Reuters) – The Biden administration on Tuesday said it would substantially reduce the cost of building wind and solar energy projects on federal lands to help spur renewable energy development…
(Reuters) -Abu Dhabi state holding firm ADQ will allocate $10 billion in investment for projects with Egypt and Jordan, the United Arab Emirates’ state news agency WAM reported on Sunday,…
TOMS RIVER, NJ – The New Jersey Coastal Alliance today said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers beach replenishment work at the Jersey Shore is causing more harm than good…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The former Director of Public Works in the Municipality of Guayama, Puerto Rico, Ramón Conde-Meléndez, pleaded guilty today in Puerto Rico to engaging in a…
Biden Wants Taxpayers To Fund Massive Mining Projects — Just Not In The US Thomas Catenacci on May 16, 2022 The Biden administration asked lawmakers earlier this month to allow…
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Defense has asked Congress to let it fund facilities in the United Kingdom and Australia that process strategic minerals used to…
WASHINGTON – Moderate Democratic U.S. Representative Shontel Brown held off a primary election challenge by progressive Nina Turner in Ohio’s 11th congressional district, which will likely allow her to keep…
Biden Admin Caves To Republican Pressure, Greenlights Natural Gas Projects Thomas Catenacci on April 27, 2022 The Biden administration finally approved permits for two liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals…
(Reuters) – Polymetal has decided to postpone several projects amid Western sanctions on Russia after the gold and silver miner reported a 4% year-on-year increase in first-quarter revenue to $616…
By Marcy de Luna HOUSTON – Soaring demand for U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) as buyers steer clear of Russian fuel is putting some long-stalled U.S. export projects back on…
By Andrea Shalal and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON – The World Bank has resumed work on three projects in Afghanistan focused on health, agriculture and livelihoods, but will maintain a hold…