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Coal Mine

US Issues Expedited Permit for Proposed Tennessee Coal Mine

On July 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Interior granted a permit to Hurricane Creek Mining LLC for a coal mine on Bryson Mountain, Claiborne County, Tennes…

Australia

Australia Puts $2.3bn Towards Brisbane’s Olympic Infrastructure

The Australian federal government and Queensland state government have jointly committed US$2.3 billion to support the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane. This fund…

Argentina

Bunge Charters First Argentine Soy Meal Cargo to China

On July 7, 2025, data reviewed indicated that Bunge, a U.S.-based grains trading company, has arranged to ship 30,000 metric tons of soybean meal from Argentina…

Metal

Cobalt Blue’s Broken Hill Cobalt Project Gains Extension of Major Project Status

Cobalt Blue Holdings has secured a three-year extension of major project status for its Broken Hill cobalt project in New South Wales, Australia, as announced b…

India

VI Expands 5G Rollout Across 23 Indian Cities With Self-Organising Networks

Vi Vodafone Idea, a prominent telecom operator in India, has initiated the next phase of its 5G network deployment in 23 cities. The rollout includes Ahmedabad,…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Dominion Approved to Expand VC Summer Nuclear Station Operations

Dominion Energy’s VC Summer nuclear station in Fairfield County, South Carolina, has been granted a 20-year operating license extension by the U.S. Nuclea…

Energy Storage Project

UK Grid Set for £8.9bn Expansion

Ofgem announced a provisional approval for a major investment programme to expand the UK’s electricity grid—the largest such initiative since the 1960s. …

Norway

$75 Million Earmarked to Level up Norwegian Emission-Free Shipping Game

Norwegian state-owned enterprise Enova has granted approximately NOK 763 million (around $75.5 million) to support the development of hydrogen- and ammonia-powe…

Metal

Chile’s Codelco Secures New Lithium Quota for SQM Partnership

Codelco, Chile's state-owned copper producer, announced on Tuesday that it has received regulatory approval for a new lithium quota, advancing its plans to …

Czech Republic

STRABAG Wins Contracts to Modernise Czech Railway Infrastructure

STRABAG Rail has secured contracts totaling approximately €360 million ($421.7 million), co-financed by the European Union, to upgrade key railway infrastr…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Kalinin’s First Unit Gets 19-Year Life Extension

Russia’s nuclear regulator, Rostekhnadzor, has granted an operating license extension for Unit 1 of the Kalinin nuclear power plant in the Tver region, ap…

Microgrid

Minesto-Led Consortium Gets $2.6m for Tidal Microgrid in Faroe Islands

Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto, in collaboration with Capture Energy, Faroese utility SEV, and IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, has secured…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Alliance Appointed for Sizewell C Construction

Construction firms Balfour Beatty, Laing O’Rourke, and Bouygues Travaux Publics have signed a Programme Alliance Agreement with Sizewell C to undertake th…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Offshore Solar Farm Ready for Tow Out to Hollandse Kust Noord Wind Farm

Oceans of Energy, a Dutch company, has finalized the assembly of the world’s first offshore solar farm integrated within a wind farm at the Port of Amster…

Electricity Transmission

SP Energy Networks Awards £1.4bn Contracts for Transmission Upgrades

SP Energy Networks has unveiled £1.4 billion in supply chain contracts to support vital onshore transmission projects across central and southern Scotland…