.September 18, 2025

How steel tariffs impact the mobile crane market

Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 allows the U.S. government to impose tariffs on imports if they are deemed to threaten national security.

Enel and Mars sign a milestone Texas solar agreement

Enel North America and snack food giant Mars have signed a massive clean energy deal that will power up Mars’s operations with Texas solar.

Lilly announces plans to build $5B manufacturing facility in Virginia

Eli Lilly and Company announced that it plans to build a $5 billion manufacturing facility just west of Richmond, Virginia, in Goochland County. The new site will be the company's first dedicated, fully integrated active pharmaceutical ingredient and drug product facility for Lilly's emerging bioconjugate platform and monoclonal antibody portfolio.

Chord Energy announces strategic acquisition of Williston Basin assets

Chord Energy announced that a wholly owned subsidiary of Chord has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire assets in the Williston Basin from XTO Energy and affiliates, subsidiaries of ExxonMobil, for total cash consideration of $550 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.

Woodside Energy breaks ground on $17B LNG project in Sulphur, Louisiana

The massive project, located near Lake Charles in Calcasieu Parish, is expected to bring billions in economic impact to the Gulf Coast and create thousands of jobs, with the facility permitted for a total capacity of 27.6 mt/yr.

ConocoPhillips adds Gulf Coast LNG supply with latest long-term agreement

ConocoPhillips announced it has signed a long-term SPA to lift one mt/yr of LNG from the Rio Grande LNG project under development by NextDecade Corporation, near Brownsville, Texas.

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