Japan’s LNG imports are not much affected by the supply shock in the Middle East, but Japanese industrial natural gas use could drop anyway if petrochemicals plants continue to see naphtha supplies ...

BANGKOK ― Thailand’s manufacturing production index dropped 0.04 percent in February from a year earlier, the industry ministry said on Friday, weaker than analysts’ forecasts. The February figure ...

The United Arab Emirates resumed operations at its largest natural gas processing plant, after an attack last week had forced a halt to the facility that’s vital for supplying much of the country’s ...

Nissan will export the Murano SUV built in Smyrna, Tennessee, to Japan beginning early next year. It marks the first American-made Nissan sold in Japan since the 1990s. Nissan is the latest of ...

Aluminium Bahrain BSC started a phased production shutdown at the world’s largest single-site smelter of the metal, deepening the disruptions that have rocked the industry and sent prices soaring amid ...

Saudi Arabia’s efforts to sidestep the standstill at the Strait of Hormuz appear to be bearing fruit. A cluster of ships are waiting to load Saudi crude oil from a Red Sea port on the kingdom’s west ...

Ukraine launched an attack on a gas condensate terminal and storage facilities in the Russian Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga on Tuesday night, two days after its drones struck Russia's largest oil export ...

Samsung Electronics has released comprehensive operational data for fiscal 2025, revealing a complex picture of shifting raw material costs and high production efficiency. Despite rising prices for ...

Retail sales for the first two months of the year rose 2.8% from a year earlier. Industrial output climbed 6.3%, also exceeding expectations for a 5% jump. Investment in fixed assets, which includes ...

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed authorities to accelerate the export of surplus food items to Gulf countries while ensuring an uninterrupted domestic supply, and called ...

Vice President JD Vance was speaking hours before President Trump’s 8 p.m. ET deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying that the ball is now in Iran’s court. Photo: Janos Kummer/Getty ...

Middle Eastern producers cut 7–12 million bpd after the conflict, with exports through the Strait of Hormuz nearly paralyzed and Iran charging steep transit fees. Saudi Arabia is rerouting oil via its ...