Economics

Technology, mining and low-carbon energy are expected to benefit from the projected 11% increase in global demand for renewable energy, according to the Chief Economists Outlook report released by the World Economic Forum on the...

For two weeks in 2021, the world was gripped by all facets of climate change at COP26 in Glasgow – the science, solutions, political will, and plans of action. But two COPs and three years later,...

The wave of industrial disruption sweeping the UK is set to impact the oil and gas sector after 1,400 offshore workers voted to strike, according to Unite.

Air Products has issued its first green bonds to fund investments in ammonia, hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).

Air Products today reported a 6% growth in first quarter net income to $584m – and its cash contribution to NEOM will halve to $800m.

Years of weak upstream investment in the oil (and more so in the gas) sector are building up to a global supply crunch. While the latest OPEC decision to up oil production by 400kbbl p/d...

Welding hardgoods and industrial gas revenues improved in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020 and growth is expected to pick up in Q1 this year, according to the latest results of the Baird/gasworld Welding and...

Hardgoods and industrial gas revenues were both down significantly in the second quarter (Q2), according to the Baird/gasworld Q2 2020 Welding and Industrial Gas Survey.

Every six months, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) does a survey of the chemical industry. Resident expert economist, Paul Hodges, examines the rises and falls in the economy and presents his views on the underlying...