Economics

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...

Compromised capacity utilisation, the influx of cheap imports, and a serious erosion of profitability have forced the closure of several high-profile steel plants in the last three years.

The Linde Group has delivered increases in both group revenue and operating profit in its 2016 financial results released today, hampered only by the lower contribution from its Engineering Division and adverse exchange rate effects.