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EVTOL

CALB, GOVY Deepen Partnership to Advance EVTOL Battery Technology in China’s Low-Altitude Aviation Push

On August 8, CALB, a leading Chinese lithium battery supplier, and Guangdong GOVY Technology Co., Ltd. ("GOVY"), the flying car division of GAC Group, strengthe…

Brazil

OC Global Signs Mou With Passo Fundo for Greenfield Ammonia Plant in Brazil

Oriental Consultants Global Co., Ltd. (OC Global) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the City of Passo Fundo, Brazil, to support the developmen…

Metal

CATL Suspends Production at China Lithium Mine

On August 10, 2025, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL), a leading global manufacturer of electric vehicle batteries, announced a temporary suspensi…

South Korea

LG Chem and Enilive Break Ground on Korea’s First HVO/SAF Plant

LG Chem Ltd., based in Seoul, South Korea, and Enilive, a biorefining subsidiary of Eni S.p.A. from Rome, Italy, have initiated construction of South Korea&rsqu…

Electric Vehicle Battery

CATL, Partners Push Large-Scale Battery Swapping Into China’s Car Rental Market

On August 1, 2025, in Ningde, China, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL), Contemporary Amperex Energy Service Technology Ltd. (CAES), CAR Inc., and …

Oil Field

CNOOC Achieves New Gas Startup in South China Sea

CNOOC Ltd., a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corp., has commenced production at the Dongfang 1-1 Gas Field 13-3 Block Development Project in the Ying…

Germany

BASF and CATL Enter Supply Agreement for Cathode Active Materials

BASF SE, headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. (CATL) of Fujian, China, have signed a global framework agreement…

Electric Vehicles

China Inaugurates Changan Auto as Central SOE

On Tuesday, China's state-owned assets regulator officially announced the establishment of China Changan Automobile Group Co., Ltd. as a centrally administe…

Ammonia

CIMC Enric to Build World’s Largest Ammonia-Fueled Gas Carriers for Norway’s Amon Gas

CIMC Enric Holdings Limited, through its subsidiary Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering Co., Ltd. (CIMC SOE), has signed a shipbuilding contract wit…

South Korea

Doosan Fuel Cell Begins Mass Production of Fuel Cell Power Systems Using Ceres Technology

Ceres Power Holdings plc, based in Horsham, U.K., and Doosan Fuel Cell Ltd. have begun mass production of fuel cell stacks using Ceres’ solid-oxide techno…

Crude Oil

Perenco Completes Acquisition of Woodside’s Greater Angostura Stakes

Woodside Energy Group Ltd. sold its Greater Angostura oil and gas assets in Trinidad and Tobago to Perenco Group for AUD 206 million ($135.18 million). The deal…

Switzerland

Sulzer to Deliver Carbon-Capture System for Kezo Waste-To-Energy Plant in Switzerland

Sulzer Ltd., based in Winterthur, Switzerland, has entered into an agreement with KEZO, Zurich Oberland’s waste utilization service provider, to develop a…

United Kingdom

Production Begins at u.k.’s First Recycled Rare-Rarth Alloy Plant

Mkango Resources Ltd., based in Vancouver, Canada, has announced the initial production runs of a commercial-scale Hydrogen Processing of Magnet Scrap (HPMS) ve…

India

Sekisui Chemical to Construct New Injection-Molding Plant in Pune, India

Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd., based in Tokyo, Japan, has announced plans to construct a new injection-molding facility in Pune, Maharashtra, India, through its joi…

Switzerland

Sulzer Launches Polystyrene Recycling Technology

Sulzer Ltd., based in Winterthur, Switzerland, has introduced its EcoStyrene polystyrene recycling technology, a pioneering solution for chemically recycling co…