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Global economy’s future is electric, but still dirty: IEA

Bloomberg More of the world will run on electricity in the future, but most of the power won’t be clean. That’s the key message from the International Energy Agency’s latest report on investment trends released on Tuesday. The Paris-based organisation said that electricity generation attracted more capital than oil and natural gas for the second ye-ar in a row, but ...

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Mideast’s biggest petchem plant a step closer to financing

Bloomberg Carbon Holdings hopes to finalise financing for its $10.9 billion petrochemical plant by the end of the year, and expects to begin construction of what would be the Middle East’s largest such facility in the third quarter of 2019. The Tahrir Petrochemical Complex, which will be built in Suez Canal Economic Zone, will be finan-ced by equity and a ...

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US hits back at allies, China on metal tariffs in WTO move

Bloomberg The Trump administration is hitting back at what it considers unjustified retaliatory tariffs that were imposed in response to US steel and aluminum duties. The US Trade Representative said it launched formal challenges at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against China, the European Union, Canada, Mexico and Turkey for retaliating against steel and aluminum tariffs. The Trump administration earlier ...

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