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Coal Production

House Committee Proposes Changes to Boost US Oil, Coal on Federal Lands

On Tuesday, the House Natural Resources Committee will review proposed changes to U.S. oil and gas drilling programs as part of a budget reconciliation bill. Th…

Hydro Generator Unit

Avaada to Develop 3.65 GW of Pumped Hydro Storage in India

Avaada Group, an integrated energy company, has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Maharashtra’s Water Resources Department to develop two pu…

Germany

BASF to Construct New Semiconductor-Grade Sulfuric Acid Plant in Ludwigshafen

BASF SE, based in Ludwigshafen, Germany, has announced plans to expand its production capacity for semiconductor-grade sulfuric acid, a critical ultra-pure chem…

Iraq

Iraq to Send 220,000 Tons of Wheat to Syria as a Gift

Iraq has pledged to deliver 220,000 tons of wheat to Syria as a gift, according to Syrian media reports on April 25, 2025. The director of Syria’s General…

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan Exported 7.5 Mln Tons of Grain

Kazakhstan’s national railway operator, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, reported that grain exports from the 2024/2025 harvest reached 7.5 million tons between Se…

Solar Inverter

Tesla Powerwall 3 Is Disrupting the Solar Inverter Market

Recent data highlights the significant impact of Tesla’s Powerwall 3 on the U.S. solar inverter market, driven by its integrated inverter for both solar a…

Hydropower Plant

AFRY to Conduct Feasibility Study for Upgrade of Norway’s Largest Pumped Storage Plant

Statkraft has hired engineering and consulting firm AFRY to conduct a feasibility study to optimize operations at the Saurdal pumped storage power plant, the la…

EV Technology

KOTEI, Semidrive Team Up on New R&D Model for Chip & Software-Enabled Smart Cabin

KOTEI, a publicly listed AI technology company specializing in automotive software, and SemiDrive, a leader in high-performance automotive-grade chips, formaliz…

United Arab Emirates

Borouge Announces Significant Expansion Projects

Borouge Plc, a leading polyolefin producer, has unveiled strategic expansion projects to enhance its production capacity, projecting an annual EBITDA increase o…

Spain

Spain’s ‘Globally Important’ Green Steel Plant Gets €60M

Spain has allocated a €60 million grant from EU funds to develop a hydrogen-powered steel mill in Puertollano, Castile–La Mancha, approximately 100 k…

Solar Cell

U.S. Startup Offers New Solar Cell Copper Metallization Paste

US-based startup Bert Thin Films, Inc. (BFT) has developed a new copper metallization paste for solar cell manufacturing. The paste, named CuBert, is compatible…

Canada

Canada Maintains Strong Canola Exports

Canola exports from Canada are continuing at a strong pace, despite concerns about potential U.S. tariffs. In the first two weeks of April, Canada shipped 516,0…

Green Hydrogen

India Awards 450,000 MT of Green Hydrogen Projects in Q1

In the first quarter of 2025, Indian authorities allocated green hydrogen projects totaling 450,000 metric tonnes per annum (MTPA) to nine companies under the S…

Coal Mine

Khanye Colliery Becomes South Africa’s First Bettercoal Producer

Canyon Coal’s Khanye Colliery, located in Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng, South Africa, will implement a four-year Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP) under the …

Uganda

MTN Uganda Upgrades Network

MTN Uganda has initiated a comprehensive network upgrade project, scheduled to run through July 2025, to enhance its voice, data, and mobile money services. Ann…