Israel may not have big enough bombs to take down Iran’s most secure nuclear facility, and Nippon Steel’s bid to take over US Steel is finally moving forward. Plus, gold has surpassed the euro as the second most-popular reserve asset, and the UK’s overseas intelligence agency has appointed its first female chief. Mentioned in this … Read more
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Fuel and fury: energy becomes a Middle East battlefield
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Authorities in the UK have commissioned a human rights review into a $20bn gas development in Mozambique, as they assess whether to keep funding the project led by France’s TotalEnergies. Four people familiar with the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US green bond sales have fallen since Donald Trump won a second term as president, as companies seek to avoid unwanted attention by backing away from or playing down their environmental activities. A total of … Read more
At the opening last week of the Western Range iron ore mine in the remote Pilbara region of Australia, Jakob Stausholm gave one of his final speeches as head of the world’s second-largest mining company. “When I was interviewing for the job as CEO, I said succession planning starts on day one,” the Rio Tinto … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is author of ‘Blood and Treasure, the Economics of Conflict from the Vikings to Ukraine’ Worries over geopolitical risks have regularly featured towards the top of polls of investor concerns over the past … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK ministers ordered British Steel to give them 24-hour access to the country’s last blast furnace facility when they seized control of it, a sign of the high concern that its Chinese owner Jingye would … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Oil & Gas industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A consortium led by Abu Dhabi’s national oil company has bid to take over one of Australia’s largest energy companies for around $19bn (A$29bn). Adelaide-based Santos said that XRG, comprised of the Abu … Read more
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