Petronas subsidiary PETCO Trading (UK) Limited will supply Metlen with six LNG cargoes annually from 2027. The five-year agreement covers about 0.6 billion cubic metres a year and supports Greece’s role in Southeast European gas markets.
Singapore-based Olam Agri has launched Tru-Value, its first cattle feed range in Nigeria, with three products for fattening, finishing and milk production. The move extends a feed business that already runs 800,000 tonnes of poultry feed and more than 150,000 tonnes of fish feed capacity in Kwara State. Nigeria's Livestock Master Plan 2026-2040 puts the national dry matter shortfall at 8.33% of requirements.
Ivanhoe Mines says major US technology groups are discussing future copper supplies and possible financing for its Western Forelands project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The talks remain preliminary, but they show how data-center demand could bring technology buyers closer to mine development.
Italy's separated collection of plastic packaging could stop because storage sites are full in many regions and recycled material is not finding buyers, the consortium Corepla warned in comments reported by la Repubblica. Its president said importing the material from Asia costs less than recycling it. The build-up of baled plastic also raises the risk of toxic fires.
Ukrainian retail sunflower oil prices could decline with a lag of up to three months if restricted exports continue to depress domestic seed prices. The potential benefit for consumers comes at the cost of lower revenue for farmers unable to move supplies through blocked seaports.
Peru shipped $790 million of table grapes between January and June 2026, more than 17 percent above the same period a year earlier, according to MIDAGRI figures reported by FreshFruitPortal. The United States took $446 million of that total, while volumes to the US held flat at 275,000 metric tons. China, Israel, Taiwan, Greece, Ireland, Lebanon and Cambodia appear as destinations with no recorded shipments in the 2025 period.
The prevention measures section of the Milan tribunal has placed Corepla, Italy's national plastic packaging consortium, under judicial administration for one year for failing to prevent illegal waste handling by contractor Synextra. Prosecutors allege Synextra mishandled at least 240,000 tonnes of plastic-matrix waste in 2023-2025 for a gain of at least €58.3 million. Corepla is not itself under criminal investigation.
The European Parliament's vote on the new structure of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism removed a clause allowing temporary suspension of the scheme during severe market disruption. Coldiretti Puglia calls the deletion a betrayal of farmers, citing urea prices up almost 56% to €70 per 100 kg and phosphates above €100. Copper and sulphur costs have risen more than 30%, with further increases expected.
Domestically produced medicines account for 74% of the drugs registered in Russia since 2024, according to a presentation by the Russian health minister reported by TASS from Yekaterinburg on 16 September. The figure describes the flow of new approvals rather than the whole state register or market value, and the report gave no absolute registration count or therapeutic breakdown.
Daimler Truck, Volvo Group, Toyota, Bosch, Air Liquide, TotalEnergies, MB Energy and TEAL Mobility presented a joint hydrogen ecosystem for heavy-duty road transport at IAA Transportation 2026 in Hanover, targeting scalable hydrogen truck operations in Germany by 2030. Germany's transport ministry received 526 funding applications worth €455 million against a budget of €220 million. The partners want the German model extended across Europe by national governments and the European Commission.
German-language reporting says new US approval requirements could block humanoid robots built in Germany from entering the American market. President Donald Trump framed the policy in employment terms, saying jobs will be created in the US rather than in Germany. The move targets a sector Berlin and German industry treat as their main hope for a high-tech comeback after falling behind in artificial intelligence.
Spain has tripled its national electric-vehicle charging target and turned it into a density rule: one charging point for every 40 spaces in public car parks. The standard goes beyond what operators had been preparing for, and Brussels is watching how the Spanish deadlines align with European Union infrastructure rules.
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