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Australia

Google Planning Powerful AI Data Centre on Tiny Australian Indian Ocean Outpost

Google plans to build a large artificial intelligence data centre on Australia’s remote Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, according to documents revie…

Pumped Storage

Austria’s Verbund Suffers Months-Long Outage at Pumped-Storage Sites

Austrian power company Verbund (VERB.VI) announced on Thursday that its pumped storage hydroelectric plants at the Kaprun site, with a total capacity of 640 meg…

Metal

Adani Unit Signs Deal With Australia’s Caravel Minerals Copper Project

India’s Adani Enterprises (ADEL.NS) announced on Thursday that its subsidiary Kutch Copper Ltd (KCL) has signed a non-binding agreement with Australia’s Carav…

Australia

Qantas Eases Throttle on Domestic Outlook, Trims First-Half Domestic Revenue Forecast

Australian flag carrier Qantas Airways (QAN.AX) on Friday lowered its first-half 2026 domestic unit revenue forecast and raised its fuel cost projection, citing…

United Arab Emirates

Ta’Ziz Signs $2BN Deal to Build One of World’s Largest PVC Plants in UAE

Abu Dhabi-based Ta’ziz has awarded a $1.99 billion contract to China National Chemical Engineering and Construction Corporation Seven (CC7) to build the U…

Germany

Port of Hamburg Appoints New Executive Board Member

The Supervisory Board of Port of Hamburg Marketing (HHM) has named economist Hendrik Meyn as a new Executive Board Member, creating a dual leadership structure …

Metal

TGS Secures Multi-Year Survey Agreement With Chevron

TGS, a seismic data company listed in Oslo, and Chevron, a major U.S. energy firm, have established a three-year capacity agreement for marine streamer and ocea…

Electric Vehicles

EV Maker Lucid Cuts 2025 Production Forecast as Supply Challenges Hurt

Lucid Group lowered its 2025 vehicle production forecast to 18,000 units, interim CEO Marc Winterhoff said on Wednesday, as the U.S.-based electric vehicle manu…

Battery

Shell, Sunotec Ink Spread Hedge for 600MWh BESS

Shell Energy Europe and Sunotec have signed a cross-border spread hedge agreement for a battery energy storage project exceeding 600 MWh under development in Ce…

Nuclear Reactor

Chinese Molten Salt Reactor Achieves Conversion of Thorium-Uranium Fuel

The experimental TMSR-LF1 thorium-powered molten salt reactor in Wuwei, Gansu Province, has successfully achieved the first conversion of thorium-uranium nuclea…

Hydrogen Production

Everfuel Inaugurates Hysynergy, a 20 MW Hydrogen Production Plant in Denmark

Danish green hydrogen company Everfuel has officially inaugurated HySynergy, its 20 MW green hydrogen production plant in Fredericia, Denmark, and delivered its…

Electric Vehicles

BYD Hits 2025’s Best-Ever Monthly Sales in Oct.

In October 2025, BYD Company Limited sold a total of 441,706 vehicles, marking a 12.13% year-on-year decline but an 11.47% increase from September, according to…

Romania

Romania to Set Up Fund for Critical Flood Infrastructure

Romania will establish an infrastructure fund dedicated to flood prevention and response, aiming to meet European Union requirements for unlocking recovery fund…

LNG

YPF, Eni Sign Agreement With ADNOC’s XRG to Develop Argentina LNG Project

Entergy’s subsidiary and pipeline operator Energy Transfer have entered into a 20-year agreement to supply natural gas to North Louisiana, the companies a…

Battery

Sinopec and LG Chem Sign Agreement to Jointly Develop Sodium-Ion Battery Materials

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) and LG Chem announced a joint development agreement on key materials for sodium-ion batteries, aiming to advanc…