IIR News Intelligence

Project developers signed benefit agreements with three aboriginal groups, which in turn withdrew their reviews of the project's environmental certificate

Carbon at the Meadowbrook facility in Alberta will be stored underground in a saline aquifer. Rich in oil, the province is working to create a carbon-neutral economy by 2050.

Planning is underway to boost capacity of the Trans Mountain crude oil pipeline to the Pacific Coast by 300,000 barrels per day, the company's chief executive officer said.

A Wednesday report from the Dallas Fed found the risk premium from the war led to an increase in upstream activity in U.S shale, along with a modest uptick in payrolls.

The European Commission (EC) has launched a toolbox of measures called AccelerateEU to help relieve the pressure on European industry and households caused by the war in Iran and its ongoing global impact on fuel supplies and rocketing prices.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney continued his efforts to build up the economy with the launch of a sovereign wealth fund. Through trade and investments, Canada aims to become an energy superpower.

LNG drives significant growth in global orders, but executives warn Strait of Hormuz likely won't reopen soon

Fuel pellet construction projects are active in the U.S., Mexico and Canada, bringing in US$1.75 billion in potential capital and maintenance spending.

Crude oil prices have edged downward, but little is certain amid continued instability along the Strait of Hormuz.

Violence in the Middle East is influencing the performance of companies across the global energy sector.

Brazil's Petrobras plans to invest 37 billion reais (US$7.3 billion) to bolster Sao Paulo's energy infrastructure.

Colombia's Ecopetrol recorded a lower first-quarter net profit and a drop in hydrocarbons production of 2.7% year on year.

Industrial Info Resources is tracking progress at Suncor's Denver refinery and other facilities affected by shutdowns

Global crude oil prices were treading water on Thursday, though tensions remain high after a ship was seized in the Emirati waters of the Persian Gulf.

The International Energy Agency says some 14 million barrels per day of oil are shut in due to conflict in the Middle East.

CNRL is expanding its production, particularly in the Athabasca oil sands, with IIR tracking US$30 billion of projects

Planning permission has been granted for the Humber H2ub Green hydrogen production facility near Killingholme power station but a much larger blue hydrogen project has been shelved.

Phillips 66 is advancing major growth projects. According to Industrial Info Resources data, there is $5 billion worth of projects worldwide attributed to the energy company, excluding two major joint-venture petrochemical facilities under construction.

While agricultural producers are clamoring for fertilizer amid a global shortage, domestic petrochemical producers are realizing they may have put too much on the market.

Having resumed operations in August 2025 after a nearly year-long suspension because of the oil price surge, Long Son Petrochemicals (LSP), a Vietnam subsidiary of Siam Cement Group (SCG) is once again facing an operational halt due to the continuing conflict in the Middle East.

With less than 40 days until hurricane season, early U.S. forecasts point to a generally quieter Atlantic driven by El Niño.

A new task force aims to boost recruitment in the infrastructure, corrosion prevention and materials protection field.

Industrial Info Resources is tracking more than 940 capital mining projects, valued at about US$200 billion, across the Western U.S.

High copper prices pushed Codelco's earnings higher in the first quarter, despite an 8.1% drop in production. Copper prices reached record highs amid supply disruptions and expectations of stronger demand.

Los altos precios del cobre impulsaron el EBITDA de Codelco, pese a una caída de 8,1% en la producción durante el primer trimestre. Los precios del cobre alcanzaron máximos históricos en medio de interrupciones de suministro y expectativas de una mayor demanda.

Operations at Orla Mining's Camino Rojo gold mine in Mexico have been halted by protesting workers since June 1 over bonus payments.

Codelco's new chairman has initiated an external audit of the company's 2024-2025 production calculations after an internal review revealed significant overestimations of more than 20,000 tonnes.

Peru's mining output, investments and exports rose in early 2026, showing sector strength.

In a 6-3 decision Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump exceeded his legal authority in unilaterally imposing unbounded tariffs on nearly every country in the world using a 1970s-era emergency economic law.

The U.S. Supreme Court has gutted a central pillar of President Donald Trump's economic agenda.

A winter storm is expected to move from the U.S. Southwest across the southern Plains and into the East this weekend. This system is forecast to bring heavy rain and localized flooding.

CMPC is moving ahead with a major investment to build a new pulp mill in Barra do Ribeiro, in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state

Ed Lewis, the founder and CEO of Industrial Info Resources (IIR), calls the IIR model "surveillance-grade" because it is active and asset-level. Now, IIR is exploring AI.

Ed Lewis is the founder and CEO of Industrial Info Resources, which for the last 42 years has been providing data and market intelligence across the entire supply chain of companies involved in industrial and energy-related markets.

Industrial Info Resources is tracking 67 active capital projects at U.S. pasta and rice plants that are in various stages of development with a combined value of $585 million.

According to Industrial Info Resources data, there is more than $14.5 billion of active dairy projects in the U.S., ranging in their development timelines from planning to active construction. Nearly $7 billion worth of these projects are actively under construction.

With reservoir levels dropping to dangerous lows, authorities in Corpus Christi are looking for ways to acquire potable water after a major desalination project was cancelled last year.

A federal trade court was told March 6 that it would take about 45 days to reconfigure the systems and processes used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection before it could begin making refunds on tariffs it has collected.

The manufacture of soft drinks, juice drinks, bottled water and similar beverages means big business in the U.S., and the producers and bottlers of these beverages are at work on projects across the country.

With more than $2 billion of projects at U.S. soybean-crushing plants rated as medium- or high-probability in the works, the sector is led by Illinois, where one grassroot plant presently is under construction and two others are being expanded.

New York lawmakers passed a bill pausing new permits for data center construction in the state for one year, although it is unclear whether Governor Kathy Hochul will sign it.

U.S. data center developers are increasingly targeting fuel cell technologies to power their facilities, and fuel cell manufacturers are stepping up to keep pace with demand.

Duke Energy has requested a rate increase for its Ohio customers, primarily based around Greater Cincinnati.

Industrial Info Resources is tracking more than $122 billion worth of projects from DigitalBridge and more than $8 billion from ArcLight

Talen Energy received the final approvals necessary to buy three U.S. gas-fired power plants, which is the latest in a long line of planned merger and acquisition activity across the U.S. power-generation landscape.

The Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index, an indicator for the level of economic activity in U.S. manufacturing, reached its highest level since May 2022.

The universe's second lightest element, helium, a non-flammable and noble gas, is witnessing an uptick in global demand fueled by industries like semiconductors, electronics, healthcare and aerospace.

Industrial Info is tracking more than $5.5 billion of current and potential U.S. projects to research, develop and manufacture the devices and equipment that keep the medical sector functioning.

Germany's Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co KG is expanding its home-country operations with plans to spend 480 million euro (US$574 million) to build a state-of-the-art production facility in Saarlouis, in southwest Germany.

The European Union (EU) has signed its largest ever free trade agreement with India as it seeks to create new economic ties at a time of geopolitical unrest caused by China, Russia and the U.S..

The Mercosur-EU deal will bring agricultural, mining and manufacturing opportunities to South American producers.

El acuerdo Mercosur-UE brindará oportunidades agrícolas, mineras y manufactureras a los productores sudamericanos.