Follow global economy, business, finance, energy, climate and public affairs through original sources, sourced data and context.
Mali’s cabinet adopted draft texts establishing a School of Mines and Petroleum and a public Agency for Research and Development of Mineral Resources. The communiqué sets out training and research mandates but gives no start date, budget or enrolment schedule.
Data includedOman's real gross domestic product at constant prices rose 5.1% year on year in the second quarter of 2026 to approximately OMR 9.9 billion. Citing National Centre for Statistics and Information data, Qatar News Agency reported growth of 14.7% in petroleum activities and 0.7% in non-petroleum activities.
Data includedMinistry stresses technical and environmental standards.
WFP’s September report recorded monthly commercial-market declines of 22% for petrol and 13% for diesel, while the food basket rose 13%.
Data includedAfghanistan’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said it signed a contract on 8 September with Nangarhar Afghan Talc Mining and Processing Company for the second block at Kudi Khel in Shirzad district, Nangarhar. The area was reported as 3.826394 square kilometres and the contract value as $65.865 million.
Data includedAfghanistan’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said it signed a contract on 8 September with Omar Farooq Talc Processing Company for the Shinwari talc site in Spin Ghar district, Nangarhar. The area is 6.75966 square kilometres and the contract value is $4.5183 million, according to the ministry.
Data includedAfghanistan’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum and Saudi Arabia-based Delta International Company signed an exploration and extraction contract for the Kushk–Tirpul basin on 7 September. A 12 September announcement by the deputy prime minister’s office said the company would initially invest $200 million in seven gas blocks in the Kushk area.
Data includedJapan’s Environment Ministry announced on 25 September that it had selected three projects for support to collect and recycle locally generated composite materials, waste oil, construction waste and other recoverable waste. Projects were required to build systems that collect, sort and recycle local waste and supply recovered materials back into the same region.
Data includedFederal Revenue reported total federal revenue of 235.566 billion reais for August.
Data includedKalpataru Projects International said on 28 September 2026 it has received a letter of award for the EPC of a gas pipeline project in the UAE, a major order it estimates at more than ₹4,000 crore.
Data includedBPS put August merchandise exports at US$26.61 billion and imports at US$23.06 billion. The January–August trade surplus stood at US$7.25 billion.
Data includedIn an IEA scenario, electricity could cost-effectively supply 33 percent of final energy use by 2035; projected import savings are not realized outcomes.
