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Balikpapan refinery revamp cuts fuel imports by 5.8M KL: Lahadalia
13 Jan 2026 03:06 GMT
… independence, namely by increasing refinery capacity, as is being done through … -sufficiency: Minister
Related news: Indonesia targets ending fuel aviation imports … news: Prabowo inaugurates Indonesia's largest oil refinery in Balikpapan
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Why Europe’s Reliance on China Is a Policy Choice, Not a Resource Problem
13 Jan 2026 05:13 GMT
… processing and refining, an area Europe almost entirely abandoned. China’s … dependency by design. Rebuilding processing capacity would anchor industrial ecosystems, … Strategic reserves, diversification, and domestic capacity are now accepted as necessities …
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The green mirage: China’s clean tech built on coal
13 Jan 2026 03:56 GMT
… transition.
China’s installed wind and solar capacity doubled in … coal in total generating capacity for the first time. … lack the industrial capacity to deliver. China supplies the difference, … The web of smelters, refiners, and component suppliers required …
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US stocks closed in the green while the Treasury curve bear-steepened - Newsquawk Asia-Pac Market Open
13 Jan 2026 01:31 GMT
… with significant Chinese and Indian refiners re. the potential sale of … to Ukraine still holds firm.
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Cameroon’s $204 million Kribi oil refinery to begin operations in 2026, two years ahead of schedule
12 Jan 2026 23:34 GMT
… Solutions, Global Process Systems, and China’s Norinco International is reportedly … and Asia.
By processing more domestic crude locally, the Kribi refinery … decline, domestic refining capacity becomes increasingly critical. The Kribi refinery will enable the …
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China Launches World’s First Megawatt Airborne Wind Turbine
12 Jan 2026 23:28 GMT
… University have been instrumental in refining the designs, ensuring stability and … energy surges, these developments position China at the forefront, potentially influencing … yield even larger models, pushing capacities beyond current records.
Challenges like …
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ASSA 2026: Part two: The heterodox – technofeudalism; climate change; china; inequality
12 Jan 2026 20:43 GMT
… “We already have the capacity and know-how to stop … China dominates global refining and processing, projected demand now requires new capacity … model?
As always, China’s economy was discussed. … the demographic challenge facing China as its population ages …
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Indonesia Inaugurates $7.4-Billion Upgraded Refinery, Its Largest
12 Jan 2026 20:32 GMT
… ceremony for Pertamina’s refinery, whose processing capacity has been raised to … ,” Subianto, the president of Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, said.
“With … rising production from the upgraded refinery, Indonesia could be able to stop …
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Refining India’s future in critical minerals
12 Jan 2026 19:27 GMT
… strikingly concentrated. China controls nearly 90% of processing capacity for key … refining and testing.
Third, India must leverage its strategic partnerships with Australia, Japan … processed critical minerals from Indian refiners. Complementing this, a price …
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Moolenaar and Nunn in National Review: China's Mineral Monopoly Is America's Achilles' Heel
12 Jan 2026 17:49 GMT
… mines were shuttered, and China consolidated control.
The numbers … A Select Committee on China investigation highlighted how Beijing … mine and is expanding domestic refining capacity — to scale U.S. … Japan.
The facts on the ground right now are bleak: China …