Diesel Down, Petrol Up: South Africa’s Fuel Price Shake-Up in October 2025

South African motorists woke up to mixed fortunes at the fuel pumps in early October 2025. The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy confirmed official fuel price adjustments effective Wednesday, 1 October 2025, and the outcome was a split decision for petrol and diesel users. **Petrol prices saw a slight uptick, whereas diesel prices received a small cutbusinesstech.co.za.

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OPEC+ Shocks Market with Oil Output Hike – Analysts Warn of Glut

OPEC+ Shocks Market with Oil Output Hike – Analysts Warn of Glut

In a virtual meeting on Oct. 5, the OPEC+ alliance confirmed that a select group of eight producers – Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the UAE, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman – will raise production by 137,000 bpd in November 2025wokv.comwokv.com. This boost matches the increase applied in October and is relatively small by historical standards. OPEC+ described the move as a response to “a steady global economic outlook and current healthy market fundamentals,” noting that output adjustments may be paused or reversed if conditions changewokv.com.
5 October 2025
Ramaco Resources 2025: Coal Stock Skyrockets on Rare Earth Hopes – Is the Rally Sustainable?

Ramaco Resources 2025: Coal Stock Skyrockets on Rare Earth Hopes – Is the Rally Sustainable?

Ramaco Resources’ stock has been a breakout star of 2025. After starting the year in the single digits, METC shares have more than tripled, delivering a YTD gain of 270%+ finance.yahoo.com. This far outpaces broader indexes and even high-flying tech stocks, a remarkable feat for a coal mining company. By early October, the stock hit a record high of ~$37 investing.com, and Ramaco’s market cap swelled to roughly $2.5 billion stockanalysis.com.
4 October 2025
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Fluence Energy (FLNC) Skyrockets on Mega Battery Deal – Inside the Rally and What’s Next

Fluence Energy (FLNC) Skyrockets on AI Hype and Storage Deals – Can the Rally Last? /updated: 3:00 PM EDT/

FLNC has been highly volatile. After collapsing to ~$4 in early 2025 on revenue misses and short-seller claims, the stock exploded in mid-Sep. News of major BESS contracts and AI-driven grid demand speculation fueled a ~70–80% rally into early Oct insidermonkey.com marketbeat.com. On Oct 1 it closed ~$12, up ~11% that day on ~3.7M shares investing.com marketbeat.com. FLNC now trades well above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages marketbeat.com, and recent RSI/MACD indicators suggest overbought conditions.
1 October 2025
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BP Bets Big on Oil with $5B Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Platform

BP Bets Big on Oil with $5B Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Platform

BP’s announcement marks a milestone in the Gulf of Mexico, a region long known for deepwater oil riches. The Tiber-Guadalupe platform will be located roughly 300 miles southwest of New Orleans, at water depths over 6,000 feet bignewsnetwork.com spglobal.com. BP originally discovered the Tiber field in 2009 and the Guadalupe field in 2014; combining them with six new wells and two tie-back wells gives the hub its 80,000 bpd capacity bignewsnetwork.com oilprice.com. First oil is targeted for 2030, after a multi-year construction and commissioning phase. According to BP, the project is fully funded within its $5 billion budget and “fully accommodated” within its disciplined spending plan offshore-mag.com egyptoil-gas.com. Over time, additional drilling phases could follow if early production justifies expansion.
30 September 2025
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Georgia Power Taps the Bond Market with $1.5B Debt Sale – What It Means for Customers and Investors

Georgia Power Taps the Bond Market with $1.5B Debt Sale – What It Means for Customers and Investors

Georgia Power’s SEC filing details the three offerings sec.gov. The Series 2025B “tap” adds $250M at 4.85% interest to the tranche originally issued in March 2025, bringing that series to $750M in total sec.gov. The new Series 2025D consists of $750M of 4.00% notes due Oct 1, 2028, and Series 2025E is $500M of 5.50% notes due Oct 1, 2055 sec.gov investing.com. All three are unsecured senior obligations, ranking pari passu with Georgia Power’s other bonds. The offerings were made via its shelf registration for faster execution sec.gov. Underwriting banks include Barclays, Santander, Scotia Capital, SMBC Nikko, Truist and U.S. Bancorp acting as lead managers investing.com sec.gov.
30 September 2025
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Rate Cut Fever, Crypto Records & Tariff Turmoil: August 2025’s Global Business Bombshells

Europe’s First DC Power Bridge to Africa + Fresh €55m for Tunisian SMEs: What Italy–Tunisia’s ELMED Cable and New Credit Line Mean for Growth, Jobs and Energy Prices

Prysmian’s award signals ELMED has moved from paperwork to execution. The regulated disclosure shows Prysmian and the TSOs finalized the tender, with a conditional contract that “could reach a value of around €460 million.” It confirms the Partanna–Mlaabi route and details installation with the Monna Lisa vessel. emarketstorage.it
26 September 2025
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Energy Guzzlers: Ranking Countries by Per Capita Energy Use in 2024

Energy Guzzlers: Ranking Countries by Per Capita Energy Use in 2024

The world’s energy appetite has never been larger. Global primary energy consumption reached an unprecedented level in 2023–2024, driven by post-pandemic economic activity and extreme weather energy needs. According to the Energy Institute’s review, consumption hit about 620 exajoules in 2023 – up 2% from the previous year dieselnet.com. This growth pushed energy-related CO₂ emissions over 40 billion tonnes for the first time dieselnet.com, a troubling milestone for climate observers.
16 September 2025
Solar vs. Coal vs. Nuclear: Lazard’s 2025 Report Reveals the Cheapest Power Source

Solar vs. Coal vs. Nuclear: Lazard’s 2025 Report Reveals the Cheapest Power Source

What is the cheapest form of energy today? It’s a complex question fueled by falling renewable costs, volatile fossil fuel prices, and urgent climate concerns. To cut through the noise, analysts often turn to the Levelized Cost of Energy – a metric that compares the all-in lifetime cost of different power sources. LCOE represents the price a generator must receive per unit of electricity to cover its construction, financing, and operating costs over its lifespan cbsnews.com. In essence, it’s a “apples-to-apples” benchmark of what it costs to produce a megawatt-hour of electricity from solar panels, wind turbines, coal plants, nuclear reactors, and more.
16 September 2025
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Solid-State Batteries: The Game-Changer Powering a New Battery Revolution in 2025

Solid-State Batteries: The Game-Changer Powering a New Battery Revolution in 2025

Battery technology is on the brink of a paradigm shift. Solid-state batteries – long touted as the “holy grail” of energy storage – are finally nearing reality after years of research. These next-generation batteries promise to revolutionize electric vehicles, portable electronics, and energy grids by delivering greater range, faster charging, improved safety, and longer lifespans than today’s lithium-ion cells. In mid-2025, excitement is peaking as major automakers, startups, and researchers announce breakthroughs that could bring solid-state batteries out of the lab and into our daily lives ts2.tech reuters.com. Industry leaders are hailing SSB technology as a potential game changer for electrification: “We will be rolling out our electric vehicles with solid state batteries in a couple of years… [it] will be a vehicle which will be charging in 10 minutes, giving a range of 1,200 km and life expectancy will be very good,” said Vikram Gulati, a Toyota executive, underscoring the immense promise of solid-state EV batteries reuters.com.
30 July 2025
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