Analysis-Mexico City mayoral race tightens on anger over water shortages
By Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Just a few months ago ruling party candidate Clara Brugada looked like a shoo-in to be elected the next mayor of Mexico City. But a…
Aerospace manufacturers placing orders earlier to beat parts shortages
By Allison Lampert ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – The shortage of parts from chips to windshields that has held back plane production will run into at least 2023 – and manufacturers are spending…
Aircraft parts output is being grounded by worker shortages
By Allison Lampert and Rajesh Kumar Singh MONTREAL/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Canada’s Mitchell Aerospace has a booming business – and a shop-floor shortfall that is reverberating from Boeing to Airbus. The Montreal-based supplier…
Volkswagen has gas supplies for winter but could see shortages next year
BERLIN (Reuters) -Volkswagen should be able to maintain production in the next 5-6 months if Germany continues to fill its gas reserves, but rising energy prices and instability in supply chain networks…
Schiphol airport asks airlines to cancel flights due to labour shortages
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport has asked airlines to cancel flights between 4pm and 11pm local time on Monday due to labour shortages, it said in a statement. The move comes…
California Votes To Save Its Last Nuclear Plant To Fight Energy Shortages
California Votes To Save Its Last Nuclear Plant To Fight Energy Shortages Jack McEvoy on September 1, 2022 California’s legislature voted overnight to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, the state’s last…
‘Political Suicide’: Germany Will Shutter Nuclear Plants Despite Looming Winter Shortages
‘Political Suicide’: Germany Will Shutter Nuclear Plants Despite Looming Winter Shortages Jack McEvoy on August 22, 2022 German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Sunday that the government is unlikely to delay…
Biden Touts Northeast’s Climate Progress — They Now Face Energy Shortages Every Winter
Biden Touts Northeast’s Climate Progress — They Now Face Energy Shortages Every Winter Jack McEvoy on July 22, 2022 President Biden boasted about replacing fossil fuel plants in New England with renewable…
Fertilizer cargo from Russia heads to U.S. as many worry about food shortages
By Arathy Somasekhar and Timothy Gardner HOUSTON/WASHINGTON – A tanker carrying a liquid fertilizer product from Russia is about to arrive in the United States, sources and vessel tracking data showed in…
China Is Hoarding Grain And Corn Amid Global Food Shortages
China Is Hoarding Grain And Corn Amid Global Food Shortages Jack McEvoy on July 11, 2022 China continues to stockpile large amounts of grain and corn, tightening supply and inflating prices amid…
Galvanisers wanted: post-Brexit worker shortages strain UK employers
By David Milliken TELFORD, England – British manufacturing firm Corbetts the Galvanizers used to rely on a stream of workers from Poland and Romania to fill its shop floor, where steel is…
Chip shortages result in record wire fraud reports by desperate buyers
By Jane Lanhee Lee WASHINGTON D.C – A severe semiconductor shortage has resulted in record wire fraud cases last year reported by desperate buyers, a company that tracks counterfeit and fraud in…
Analysts forecast U.S. vehicle shortages as supply chain woes persist
(Reuters) – Cox Automotive on Tuesday lowered its U.S. auto sales forecast for 2022, as analysts at both Cox and Carmax-owned Edmunds.com said continued supply chain disruptions will leave dealers short of…
Easing chip shortages to help Volkswagen in H2 – CEO
BERLIN – Volkswagen sees a strong second half of 2022 and expects progress in catching up with rival Tesla as easing chip shortages start to offset supply chain bottlenecks and rising costs,…
‘Off the charts’ chemical shortages hit U.S. farms
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO – U.S. farmers have cut back on using common weedkillers, hunted for substitutes to popular fungicides and changed planting plans over persistent shortages of agricultural chemicals that threaten…
Massive Oil Refinery On Track To Shut Down Amid Fuel Supply Shortages, Record Prices
Massive Oil Refinery On Track To Shut Down Amid Fuel Supply Shortages, Record Prices Thomas Catenacci on June 7, 2022 UPDATE: This article has been updated to include comment from LyondellBasell Industries…
Food shortages are next global health crisis – expert
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON – Growing food shortages may represent the same health threat to the world as the COVID-19 pandemic, a leading global health figure has warned. Rising food and energy…
Summer fuel shortages looming over Europe, IEA chief tells Spiegel
BERLIN – Europe could face fuel shortages this summer due to squeezed oil markets, the head of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, told Germany’s Spiegel. “When the main holiday season starts…
Nestle CEO does not see ‘significant’ baby formula shortages outside U.S.
ZURICH – Nestle does not expect “significant infant formula shortages” in other markets the Swiss food maker serves outside the United States, Chief Executive Mark Schneider said in an interview Monday. “This…
N.Korea mobilises office workers to fight drought amid food shortages
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL – North Korea’s office workers and factory labourers have been dispatched to farming areas around the country to join a fight against drought, state media reported on Wednesday,…
How one American toolmaker grows profit in the face of inflation and shortages
By Timothy Aeppel (Reuters) – Surging inflation and snarled supply lines have hit U.S. manufacturers like Snap-on Inc over the past year, but so far haven’t hurt profits. The toolmaker, which turned…
Lufthansa limits catering on some flights due to staff shortages
BERLIN – German flag carrier Lufthansa said on Friday it had to reduce the buy-on-board meal offer for some short- and medium-haul routes departing from Frankfurt as its catering contractor Gate Gourmet…
Global miners must overcome labour shortages, inflation pain to meet targets
By Shashwat Awasthi and Clara Denina (Reuters) – Global mining companies must overcome COVID-related labour shortages and soaring production costs if they are to meet annual production targets, analysts said after downbeat…
Lufthansa slashes flights amid Fraport personnel shortages
BERLIN – German flag carrier Lufthansa said it would cancel some domestic flights to Frankfurt from Thursday, an announcement that follows a staffing shortage warning from Germany’s biggest airport operator, Fraport. Lufthansa…
Fraport cancels flights due to personnel shortages
BERLIN – Germany’s biggest airport operator Fraport said on Twitter on Wednesday it had to cancel flights as it was struggling to hire enough people after massive job cuts due to the…
Russia faces rising sugar prices, shortages as traders divert shipments
By Maytaal Angel LONDON – Commodity traders have started diverting sugar shipments away from Russia, according to industry sources and shipping data, a move set to further boost soaring domestic prices and…
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