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Looking to 2026, India to bet on diversification of energy basket—not disengagement from Russia crude
01 Jan 2026 06:57 GMT
… India’s refining system, supported by existing contractual relationships, favourable pricing and refinery … capacity additions are expected to raise India’s crude import requirements.
A refinery …
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Indonesia nickel smelter group forecasting 2026 ore demand to hit up to 350 million tons
01 Jan 2026 01:51 GMT
Indonesia’s nickel smelter association FINI … new production capacity expected to come online next year.
Indonesia, which has … be forced to reduce their refining capacity by around 15% to 18% … expectations that ore output in Indonesia could be slashed.
Source: …
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India’s Energy Moment: How 2025 Turned Reform into Reality
31 Dec 2025 22:03 GMT
… secured, institutions repaired, and capacity expanded. India’s energy story in 2025 … . It explicitly targets downstream processing, refining, and manufacturing capabilities, ensuring that …
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Hiccups As India Extends 10th Oil Bid Round For The 4th Time
31 Dec 2025 13:24 GMT
… The new rules expand on India’s amended legislation, giving … to invest in India’s exploration capacity.
Brazilian state-controlled … -deepwater crude blocks in India, Petrobras chief executive Magda … time BP, private-sector refiner RIL and ONGC partnered …
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Inside China’s six-decade campaign to dominate rare earths
31 Dec 2025 12:20 GMT
… and villages across China built rare-earth refineries in the 1980s … heart of Beijing. China was confronting Japan over uninhabited islands … smuggling rare earths from China to Japan even during the … earth, which is used in capacitors — tiny devices to control …
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How China's Rare Earth Stranglehold Is Unleashing American Innovation
31 Dec 2025 11:36 GMT
… Currently, China controls roughly 90 percent of global capacity for the … States, Australia, Brazil, India, and parts of Africa … to travel to Chinese refineries.
Beijing knows the leverage … China’s monopoly has also bred its environmentally destructive refining …
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Indonesia targets diesel self-sufficiency in 2026
31 Dec 2025 08:23 GMT
… refinery upgrade project in Balikpapan reaches full operational capacity. … -up of the Balikpapan Refinery Development Master Plan (RDMP … RDMP operates at full capacity, Indonesia could record a diesel … 2026, depending on the refinery’s operational readiness. …
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Duqm Refinery boosts capacity, strengthens Oman’s global energy position
31 Dec 2025 02:26 GMT
… the world’s leading refining facilities. The refinery produces a wide range … revealed that the Duqm Refinery’s annual refining capacity reached 11.5 million … . The refinery’s main markets are in the Middle East, Asia, North …
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Saudi Aramco Eyes Major Stake in New $11 Billion Indian Refinery
30 Dec 2025 23:31 GMT
… of southern India. The refinery is planned to have a processing capacity of … its crude in the top Asian markets, which are set … the coming years. India has even surpassed China as the single … the BPCL refining and petrochemical complex in south India, and is …
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Elon Musk Warns of Silver Supply Crisis from China’s 2026 Export Curbs
30 Dec 2025 14:22 GMT
… a pivotal role in refining and exporting processed silver. … Musk emphasized the importance of refining capabilities for critical materials, … According to The Times of India, Musk’s post on … 2025 posts on industrial capacity underscore China’s lead in …