The Heritage Foundation has published a commentary criticizing Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's electric vehicle arrangement with China and calling it dangerous for North American auto trade. The piece is framed around the integrated Canada-US-Mexico automotive market, without quantifying tariffs or volumes.
Yara has affirmed that it expects to take a final investment decision around the middle of 2026 on its planned blue ammonia project on the US Gulf Coast in Louisiana, according to Quantum Commodity Intelligence. The reaffirmed timeline keeps one of the sector's most closely watched low-carbon ammonia projects on schedule for a go-ahead decision next year.
Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries began a four-day audit of Brazil's animal sanitary system on Tuesday, the 10th, a step toward opening its market to Brazilian beef. Market opening could be announced in November, during COP30 in Belém.
Steelmaker Aperam will invest almost R$1.5 billion to expand charcoal production and decarbonization projects, funded through a package from the World Bank's IFC. The money will modernize charcoal furnaces, buy eucalyptus plantations and scale bio-oil output. It is the IFC's first sustainability investment in Brazil's steel and metals sector.
Cattle at Russian agricultural enterprises fell 0.8% year on year to 7.3 million head in the first quarter of 2026, with cows down 1.7%, according to Rosstat data cited by Kommersant. Milk output is holding up on higher yields, but beef supply is tightening and retail prices are up 16.2% year on year.
Russia's production of the five major large-tonnage polymers rose 1% in 2025, while domestic consumption fell 2.3% to 6.69 million tonnes, according to TASS. The split points to a home market absorbing less material even as plants produce more.
Russian cognac production fell 26.67 percent in June after Rospotrebnadzor suspended sales from three Armenian producers, disrupting supplies of cognac distillate. Industry guild head Andrey Moskovsky said producers had too little time to rebuild sourcing, leaving first-half output down 6.6 percent.
Lithium battery-related stocks fell across the board in Hong Kong as investors braced for more lithium supply, according to Moomoo. The selloff was driven by two developments: the production restart at Jianxiawo and the commissioning of West Africa's largest lithium mine. Moomoo did not disclose price levels, volumes or a timeline.
The seafood industry is bracing for fresh US tariffs as policy uncertainty unsettles trans-Atlantic trade, according to Undercurrent News. The publication reports that firms moving seafood between the US and Europe are preparing for new duties, though the rates, products and timing remain unclear. Importers and exporters face harder pricing and contracting decisions until Washington sets out its plans.
Cameroon has prohibited exports of unprocessed logs from 91 tree species under a decree signed on 28 April 2026 by Forests and Wildlife Minister Jules Doret Ndongo. The measure is part of a push to expand domestic wood processing and cuts off raw-log supply for importers of tropical hardwood.
Russia sold 18,194 new heavy trucks in the first half of 2026, down 17.3% year-on-year, according to Avtostat. KAMAZ and Ural gained volume while Chinese brands Sitrak and FAW dropped sharply, and June data pointed to stabilization.
Stainless steelmaker Aperam will invest nearly R$1.5 billion, financed through the IFC, to expand charcoal-based reduction and decarbonization at its Brazilian operations. The funding backs eucalyptus plantations, cleaner furnaces, seedling nurseries and large-scale bio-oil production.
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