Author: intent

U.S. port, union talks break down again over automation, with two months to go before potential strike

 Automation continues to be the sticking point in the negotiations between the United States Maritime Alliance and the International Longshoremen’s Association to prevent the potential for a new strike that could shut down port operations from New England to Texas starting in mid-January. Recent negotiations, the first since the end of the three-day ILA strike that […]

Nigeria signs $1.2 billion deal with Chinese state-owned company to revamp key gas plant

The deal between the Chinese state-owned CNCEC and the BFI Group, a major investor in the Aluminum Smelter Company of Nigeria, is expected to revive the 135 million standard cubic feet gas processing facility plant at the smelter. It was announced Tuesday by Nigeria’s minister of state for gas via a post on the social platform X.