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Electric Vehicles

China's GWM Targets 300,000 Annual Production With First Europe Car Plant

Great Wall Motor (GWM), a major Chinese automaker, plans to establish its first European manufacturing plant with a target of producing 300,000 vehicles annuall…

Power Construction

Shell and Ferrari Sign Long-Term Green Power Supply Deal

Shell has entered into a ten-year agreement to supply Ferrari with renewable electricity through the end of 2034, supporting the Italian luxury carmaker's e…

Metal

Barrick Committed to Pakistan’s Reko Diq Copper Project, Says Interim CEO

Barrick Gold Corp continues to support the development of the Reko Diq copper-gold project in Pakistan, one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper depo…

Electric Vehicles

Dutch Authority Rdw to Test Tesla's FSD in February

The Dutch vehicle authority RDW stated on Monday that it anticipates making a decision in February regarding Tesla's (TSLA.O) Full Self-Driving (FSD) softwa…

Australia

South Africa’s Harmony Gold to Invest up to $1.75 Billion in Australian Copper Project

Harmony Gold (HARJ.J) announced on Monday that its board has approved an investment of between $1.55 billion and $1.75 billion to develop the Eva Copper project…

Russian

Shipping Giant CMA CGM Resumes Russia Trade With Food Cargo

CMA CGM, the French-based global container shipping company ranked third worldwide, has resumed limited shipping services to Russia focused on foodstuffs, appro…

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…

Switzerland

Clariant Catalysts and Technologies Garner Awards at Gulf Energy Information Gala Event

Clariant, the Switzerland-based specialty chemical company headquartered in Muttenz, has received two major honors at the 2025 Gulf Energy Information Excellenc…

Thailand

BASF Expands Alkyl Polyglucosides Production With New Plant in Thailand

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has commenced a major expansion of its Alkyl Polyglucosides (APG) production capacity with a new manufacturing facility at its B…

Sweden

Skanska Aims for Higher Construction Profit Margins

Swedish construction company Skanska announced on Tuesday that it has raised its financial target for the operating margin of its construction division to a min…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Gets Permit for Ride-Hailing Service in Arizona

Tesla has received a permit to operate a ride-hailing service in Arizona, the state Department of Transportation announced on Tuesday, marking a step forward in…

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…

Metal

African Rainbow Minerals Considers Papua New Guinea Copper Venture With Newmont Corp

African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) Chairman Patrice Motsepe said on Tuesday that the company is assessing a major copper project in Papua New Guinea in cooperation …

United Kingdom

Exxon to Close Scottish Chemicals Plant in 2026 Amid Market Uncertainty

Exxon Mobil announced on Tuesday that it will close its Fife Ethylene Plant in Scotland in February 2026. The company said the site is no longer competitive bec…

Germany

BASF and ExxonMobil Collaborate on Methane Pyrolysis Technology

BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and ExxonMobil (Houston, Texas) announced on Monday a strategic collaboration to advance methane pyrolysis technology, a step towar…