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Luxembourg

OCSiAI to Develop Luxembourg Graphene Nanotube Hub

OCSiAl, a Luxembourg-based deep-tech company, has signed a long-term land lease with the Luxembourg government for a 3.63-hectare site in Differdange, marking t…

France

BASF Launches Xarvio® Field Manager for Grapes in France, Spain, and Turkey

BASF Digital Farming has introduced xarvio FIELD MANAGER For Grapes, a dedicated digital agronomy platform for wine grape growers in France, Spain, and Tür…

Oil Field

Ithaca Signs Farm-in Agreement With Shell for Tobermory Discovery in UK

Ithaca Energy, a UK-based oil and gas operator, has entered into a farm-in agreement with Shell UK. The agreement grants Ithaca Energy a 50% working interest in…

India

India Records Highest Foodgrain Production Increase in a Decade

India has achieved its highest foodgrain production growth in a decade, with total output for the 2024–25 crop year reaching 357.73 million tonnes, an inc…

Nigeria

Thyssenkrupp Uhde Selected by Dangote Fertilizer Ltd. To License Four Urea Granulation Units in Nigeria

thyssenkrupp Uhde Fertilizer Technology (UFT) has signed contracts with Nigeria’s Dangote Fertiliser Limited (DFL) to supply its UFT® Fluid Bed Granulation Te…

Indonesia

POSCO International to Invest $862 Mln in Indonesian Palm Oil Business

POSCO International has completed a $862 million investment program to establish a fully integrated palm oil value chain in Indonesia, covering plantations, cru…

China

COSCO Sells Vintage VLCC for Steep Discount

COSCO Shipping has sold the 2006-built, scrubber-fitted VLCC Cosgrand Lake (299,000 dwt) for around $35 million to undisclosed buyers, shipbrokers report.The Ja…

Electric Vehicles

Magna to Produce China’s GAC Electric Vehicles in Europe

China’s Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) has reached an agreement with Magna to produce its all-electric AION V model at a Magna manufacturing plant in Gr…

Solar Battery (Storage)

Germany’s Largest Solar Battery Storage Hybrid Plant Commissioned

Statkraft, Europe’s largest renewable energy producer, has commissioned Germany’s biggest solar-battery hybrid power plant under the Renewable Energ…

Metal

Hindustan Zinc Secures Tungsten Mining Licence in Andhra Pradesh, India

Hindustan Zinc, part of the Vedanta Group, has been granted a tungsten mining license in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, marking a key step in its strategy …

Energy Storage Project

CATL, HyperStrong Sign Decade-Long Strategic Pact to Deepen Collaboration in Energy Storage

Chinese energy-storage integrator HyperStrong announced on Nov. 17 that it has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with CATL, establishing one of the…

Electric Vehicles

GAC Group, Alibaba Cloud Expand Partnership Into Full-Stack AI

GAC Group and Alibaba Cloud signed a strategic cooperation agreement on November 14 to expand their partnership into comprehensive artificial intelligence appli…

Gas power plant

TotalEnergies to Buy 50% of EPH’s Power Assets for $5.9bn

TotalEnergies announced a major step in its gas-to-power integration strategy with an agreement to acquire 50% of EPH’s flexible power generation platform…

Spain

Spain Aims to Cut Madrid-Barcelona High Speed Rail Time to Under Two Hours, Minister Says

Spain announced plans on Monday to renovate the high-speed rail network between Madrid and Barcelona, aiming to raise the maximum operating speed to 350 kph (21…

United Kingdom

Costain’s £30 Million of Road Upgrades for the UK

Costain has secured a £30m package of works under the Eastern Highways Alliance (EHA) Framework, known as EHF4. The Framework focuses on the next generati…