Lithium start-up EnergyX plans ‘Battery Mecca’ in Texas FT - Energy 4 June 2026 at 12:00 Project aims to disrupt China’s dominance of the supply chain
Trafigura warns oil at ‘inflection point’ as Iran war stokes bumper half-year profits FT - Energy 4 June 2026 at 11:00 Commodity trader’s net profit more than doubles to $4.1bn for October to March period
France’s €110bn AI boom tests Macron’s tech ambitions FT - Energy 4 June 2026 at 05:00 Investors warn approvals and local opposition could slow France’s massive data centre build-out
Falling Chinese oil imports ‘shield’ global market from higher prices FT - Energy 4 June 2026 at 04:16 Analysts say near-decade-low shipments are a big factor in crude still trading at less than $100 a barrel
Senior official from Germany’s AfD meets top Kremlin associates FT - Energy 3 June 2026 at 21:55 Executives hold talks with far-right party, which leads German polls and supports restarting gas flows through Nord Stream