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Japan

Apple Opens iPhone to Alternative App Stores in Japan

Apple announced on Wednesday that it has opened iPhones to alternative app stores in Japan in order to comply with new regulations designed to promote competiti…

Electricity Transmission

KETRACO Signs PPP for Two High-Voltage Electricity Transmission Lines in Kenya

The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) has signed a public-private partnership agreement valued at $311 million with a consortium formed by Africa…

Italy

Cimolai Technology Completes Key Goliath Crane Milestone

Cimolai Technology has successfully completed the installation of the main girder for the initial 800-tonne rail-mounted Goliath crane at the Port of Chioggia.S…

Brazil

BASF Expands Agricultural Credit and Biologicals to Reach 20% of Brazilian Revenue

BASF has formed a collaboration with Farmtech, a company focused on rural credit and financing for agricultural inputs, to offer credit options to producers dur…

Metal

JX Unit Sells Stake in Peruvian Mine to Glencore

Japan's JX Advanced Metals announced that its Pan Pacific Copper (PPC) unit has divested its full ownership in the undeveloped Quechua copper project in Peru to…

LNG

Chevron to Supply Hungary With 2 Billion Cubic Metres of LNG, Minister Says

Hungary's state-owned energy company MVM has entered into a five-year agreement with U.S. energy firm Chevron for the delivery of liquefied natural gas tota…

Canada

Canada Unveils New Rules to Lower Oil and Gas Methane Emissions

Canada released new regulations on December 16, 2025, designed to significantly lower methane emissions from its oil and gas industry.These measures set a cours…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Shares Jump as Musk Confirms Driverless Robotaxi Testing

Tesla shares reached their highest level in almost a year on Monday, following an announcement from CEO Elon Musk regarding the company's testing of robotax…

Methane

Spain’s Solarig to Invest Over $400 Million in Biomethane Plants in Poland

Spanish renewable energy developer Solarig announced on Monday a planned investment exceeding 1.5 billion zloty, equivalent to approximately 415 million U.S. do…

United States

US Homebuilder Sentiment Inches up to Eight-Month High December

U.S. builder confidence in the single-family housing market rose modestly in December 2025, reaching an eight-month high, according to the NAHB/Wells Fargo Hous…

Electricity Transmission

Kenya Signs $311 Mln Power Lines Deal With Africa Fund, Indian Firm

Kenya announced on Monday the signing of an agreement for a $311 million investment to develop two high-voltage electricity transmission lines. The partners inc…

CCS

Brazil’s BNDES Approves $71 MM for Carbon Storage Project

Brazil's state development bank BNDES has approved funding for corn ethanol producer FS to construct the nation's inaugural carbon capture and storage f…

France

Construction of Parisian Skyscraper Triangle's Crown Underway

Belgian construction group BESIX has completed a significant phase in building the Triangle skyscraper in Paris, France, with the final concrete pour on the 40t…

Metal

Jiangxi Copper Increases Solgold Takeover Bid to $1.12bn

Jiangxi Copper, based in China, has raised its takeover proposal for SolGold, an exploration company focused on gold and copper projects in Ecuador. The revised…

China

China at 2025 Having Harvested a Record Crop of Grains

China's National Bureau of Statistics reported on Friday that the country's grain output for 2025 reached a record 714.88 million tonnes, marking a 1.2%…