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Germany

BASF Intermediates to Produce Amines at Geismar Site Using 100% Renewable Electricity

BASF SE, headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany, announced that its Intermediates division will begin producing its standard grade amine portfolio using 100% re…

Metal

India Defers Hike in Low-Grade Iron Ore Export Duty

India has postponed its plan to raise export duties on low-grade iron ore and pellets after facing strong objections from the domestic mining industry, accordin…

China

Record Achievement of China’s Five-Year Plan for Grain Production

China has achieved a historic milestone in grain production under its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), surpassing 700 million tonnes of grain in 2024. This was …

Energy Storage Project

Australian Team Develops Graphene Supercapacitor

Researchers at Monash University have developed a new process that significantly improves the performance of supercapacitors, offering both high energy density …

Electric Vehicles

Joyson Electronics Secures Major CCU Projects Worth Around 15 Billion Yuan

On September 15, Joyson Electronics announced that it has secured new automotive intelligence projects from two major automakers. The projects involve the devel…

Wave Energy

Weco Completes First Full Assembly of Its Upgraded Wave Energy Device

The Hague-based Wave Energy Collective (Weco) has announced the successful first full assembly of its Kaizen 2.0 wave energy device. The milestone was achieved …

Sweden

Sweden Prepares PFAS Strategy for Farming Products

Denmark has announced it will phase out about 20 plant protection products containing PFAS after studies showed they degrade into TFA, a highly water-soluble me…

China

Solvay Doubles Production Capacity for High-Purity Hydrogen in China

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) has inaugurated a major expansion at its Zhenjiang, China, facility, doubling annual production capacity of electronic grade hyd…

Panama

All Systems Go for Panama Canal’s Prirority Passage Program for Dual-Fuel Vessels

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced the introduction of a new category within its transit reservation system, the NetZero Slot, aimed at supporting m…

Sweden

Ericsson Integrates Agentic AI Into Enterprise 5G Networking With NetCloud Platform

Ericsson has announced the integration of agentic AI into its NetCloud platform, marking a significant step forward in enterprise 5G networking. The development…

Battery

Cummins Launches Plug-And-Play BESS in India for Commercial, Industrial Use

Cummins has launched fully integrated, plug-and-play battery energy storage system (BESS) solutions in India, offering capacities ranging from 211 kWh to 2,280 …

United States

Exxonmobil to Acquire Superior Graphite Technologies and U.S. Assets

On September 8, ExxonMobil Corp., headquartered in Houston, announced it has signed an agreement to acquire the technology and U.S.-based assets of Superior Gra…

Electric Vehicle Charging

BMW, E.ON Offer Bidirectional EV Charging Tariff

At the International Motor Show (IAA) in Munich, German utility E.ON and carmaker BMW unveiled what they described as Germany’s first commercial vehicle-t…

Ukraine

Ukraine Exported the First 5 Mln Tons of Grain in the New Season

As of September 10, 2025, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reported that the country exported 5.03 million tons of grains and pulses during t…

Liquid Hydrogen

DNV Greenlights Samsung Heavy Industries’ 80,000 Cbm Liquefied Hydrogen Carrier Design

Norway-based classification society DNV has granted approval in principle (AiP) to South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for its newly developed 80…