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EnerSys closes Mexico facility, moves production to US
April 1 (Reuters) - Energy services provider EnerSys ENS.N said on Tuesday it would close its flooded lead-acid battery manufacturing facility in Mexico and shift production to an existing plant in the United States.The announcement comes as U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to impose reciprocal ...Reuters
Tue, Apr 1
EXCLUSIVE-Trump health layoffs include staff overseeing bird flu response, source says
By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek April 1 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has fired staff who were working on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's bird flu response as part of its mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a source familiar with the situa...Reuters
Tue, Apr 1
Bridgewater's flagship fund Pure Alpha finishes Q1 up 9.9%, source says
NEW YORK, April 1 (Reuters) - Bridgewater Associates' flagship fund Pure Alpha 18% volatility posted a 9.9% gain in the first quarter of 2025, according to a source familiar with the matter.The performance comes in a quarter that markets faced more volatility amid concerns about U.S. trade polic...Reuters
Tue, Apr 1
CBOT wheat closes higher on USDA acreage data
April 1 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures firmed on Tuesday as the market continued to react to lower than expected 2025 planting intentions numbers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, according to analysts. CBOT May soft red winter wheat WK25 settled up 3-1/2 cents at $5.40-1/2 ...Reuters
Tue, Apr 1
Gold slips from highs ahead of Trump’s Liberation Day
Gold prices retreated on Tuesday as traders booked profits, awaiting April 2’s Liberation Day in the US, an event in which President Donald Trump is expected to announce additional tariffs aimed at improving the trade deficit imbalance.
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Tue, Apr 1
Trump administration weighs new coal leases at North Dakota mine
April 1 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday took a key step toward leasing new areas to a North Dakota coal mine that is proposing to operate through 2045.WHY IT MATTERSThe publication of a draft environmental analysis of new lease areas for North Dakota's Freedom Mine is aligned wit...Reuters
Tue, Apr 1
US to axe Biden-era 7-year deadline on exports from new LNG projects
By Timothy Gardner and Curtis Williams WASHINGTON/Houston, April 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. is slated on Wednesday to rescind a policy issued by the administration of former President Joe Biden that requires liquefied natural gas, or LNG, projects to export within seven years of receiving regulatory ...Reuters
Tue, Apr 1
ICE canola futures pulled higher by soaring soy oil
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 1 (Reuters) - ICE canola futures rose Tuesday, but by less than half as much as soy oil, on tariff implications for Wednesday.• Most-traded May canola RSK5 settled up $14.60 per metric ton at $627.10. • July RSN5 settled up $13.90 at $632.80, putting it at a premium to new-...Reuters
Tue, Apr 1
CBOT corn ends higher on wet forecast in growing regions
CHICAGO, April 1 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade corn futures firmed on Tuesday as heavy rains were forecast in corn-growing areas of the U.S., according to analysts. CBOT May corn CK25 settled up 4-1/2 cents at $4.61-3/4 a bushel.Wet weather is expected in the U.S. Delta and Ohio River Valley ne...Reuters
Tue, Apr 1
US to axe Biden-era 7-year deadline on exports from LNG projects
WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. is slated on Wednesday to rescind a policy issued by the administration of former President Joe Biden that requires liquefied natural gas, or LNG, projects to export within seven years of getting approvals. The LNG industry had pushed the administration of Pr...Reuters
Tue, Apr 1
CORRECTED-GRAINS-Chicago soybeans spike on news of biofuel coalition meeting with EPA
Soybeans supported by oil and biofuel group meeting with EPACorn rises on wet weather in Delta and Ohio Valley Wheat up on lower than expected acreage data By Renee Hickman CHICAGO, April 1 (Reuters) - Chicago soybean futures rose on Tuesday ahead of a meeting between a coalition of oil and biofu...Reuters
Tue, Apr 1
US House Democrats open investigation into Kennedy bird flu response
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) - Democrats on the U.S. House of Representatives oversight committee opened an investigation on Tuesday into health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s handling of the federal response to bird flu, according to a letter sent to Kennedy and released ...Reuters
Tue, Apr 1
US oil and biofuel coalition meets with EPA to seek biomass diesel boost
Group meets EPA ahead of biofuel blending quotas release Target is 5.5-5.75 billion gallons, up from 3.35 billionNewly-formed coalition of competitors shows signs of splinteringTruck stop and fuel retailers boycott meet over dispute in tax policyBy Jarrett Renshaw and Stephanie Kelly WASHINGTON,...Reuters
Tue, Apr 1
US natgas prices fell 4% on record output, mild weather forecasts
US gas output hit monthly record in March US LNG export feedgas hit monthly record in MarchUS gas inventories on track for rare build in MarchBy Scott DiSavinoApril 1 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas futures fell about 4% on Tuesday on record output in March and forecasts for milder weather and lower de...Reuters
Tue, Apr 1
CBOT soybean futures rally on EPA/biofuel group meeting
CHICAGO, April 1 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures climbed on Tuesday on news that a newly formed coalition of oil and biofuel groups would meet with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to discuss raising federal mandates for biomass diesel blending. CBOT May soybeans SK25 sett...Reuters
Tue, Apr 1
Oil eases off five-week highs as traders weigh impact of imminent Trump tariffs
President Donald Trump to impose new tariffs on Wednesday, White House saysMarket weighs near-term supply risks, tariff concernsReuters poll indicates lower U.S. crude inventoriesBy Nicole Jao NEW YORK, April 1 (Reuters) - Oil prices edged lower on Tuesday as traders braced for reciprocal tariffs...Reuters
Tue, Apr 1
Arbol hires Bhandiwad as director of battery and energy storage
By Henry GaleMarch 31 - (The Insurer) - Arbol has announced the hire of Nikhil Bhandiwad, who previously managed assets at Swiss Re, alongside four others as the firm expands its parametric weather insurance and derivative offerings for energy and agriculture markets.Bhandiwad becomes director of ba...Reuters
Tue, Apr 1
Med crude-Urals diffs stable, Russian order slashes Kazakh oil export capacity
MOSCOW, April 1 (Reuters) - Urals crude differentials were steady on Tuesday, while Russia's order to halt oil loadings from two mooring points at the Black Sea terminal of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) slashed Kazakh oil export capacity amid an OPEC+ row. Russia has ordered the Blac...Reuters
Tue, Apr 1
