Facility

Metal

Glencore Plans to Shut Canada’s Largest Copper Metal Operation Over Costs

Glencore is reportedly planning to close its Horne smelter, Canada’s largest copper metal-producing facility, due to environmental challenges and the sign…

United States

Plug Power Partners With Edgewood Renewables to Build Renewable Fuels Facility in Nevada

Plug Power Inc., based in Latham, New York, has announced a strategic partnership with Edgewood Renewables to advance the development and construction of an adv…

South Korea

Yokogawa Deploys Multiple Autonomous Control AI Agents at Aramco Facility

Yokogawa Electric Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, has reached a major milestone in industrial artificial intelligence deployment through its collabo…

Malaysia

Lynas to Build New HRE Separation Facility in Malaysia

Lynas Rare Earths is set to establish a new heavy rare earth (HRE) separation facility in Malaysia to meet rising global demand for a reliable supply of HRE oxi…

United States

Aclara Resources Unveils Plans for First Heavy-Rare Earths Separation Plant in the U.S.

Aclara Resources Inc., based in Vancouver, Canada, announced plans to build the first heavy rare earths (HREE) separation facility in the United States, located…

Oil Refinery

Dangote Refinery to Expand Capacity to 1.4m Barrels Daily

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Africa’s largest refining facility, is set to undergo a major expansion that will increase its production capacity from 65…

Chile

Veolia Awarded Operation and Maintenance Contract for Chile’s First Multipurpose Desalination Plant

Veolia SE (Paris) has been awarded the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) contract for the Aguas Pacífico multipurpose desalination plant in Valparaí…

Battery

Rondo Powers up ‘World’s Largest’ Industrial Heat Battery

Rondo Energy has begun operation of a 100 megawatt-hour (MWh) industrial heat battery, described by the company as the world’s largest of its kind, at a f…

LNG

Venture Global Ready to Introduce Natural Gas Into Final Part of Plaquemines LNG Plant

Venture Global (VG.N) has requested authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to begin introducing natural gas by Thursday into the fin…

Nuclear Fusion

World’s Largest Toroidal Field Coil Box Delivered

A delivery ceremony was held for the toroidal field magnet coil box at the Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology (CRAFT) in Hefei, China. The co…

Germany

Cooperation Agreement Signed for German Aerospace Center’s E-Fuels Demo Facility

Topsoe, Sasol, Griesemann Gruppe, and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have signed a cooperation agreement to develop and operate an e-fuels demonstration faci…

Electricity Transmission

New York Approves Power Line for Micron’s $100 Billion Semiconductor Plant

The New York State Public Service Commission has approved a new underground transmission line connecting the existing Clay substation with Micron Technology&rsq…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Ramps up Shanghai Gigafactory Output for Q4

Tesla Vice President Grace Tao recently shared on social media that the company’s Shanghai Gigafactory is increasing production for the fourth quarter of …

United States

ÇImsa Opens New Grey Cement Plant in USA

Çimsa, a leading Turkish cement manufacturer, has inaugurated a new grey cement grinding facility in Houston, Texas, marking its entry into local grey ce…

India

Google Plans $15BN AI Hub in India

Google has announced a $15 billion investment from 2026 to 2030 to develop artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in India, focusing on a new hub in Visakh…