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Metal

Appian, World Bank Start $1B Critical Minerals Fund

UK private equity firm Appian Capital Advisory has partnered with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a World Bank subsidiary, to launch a $1 billion c…

Battery

Rondo Powers up ‘World’s Largest’ Industrial Heat Battery

Rondo Energy has begun operation of a 100 megawatt-hour (MWh) industrial heat battery, described by the company as the world’s largest of its kind, at a f…

Offshore Wind Power

Tender Opens for 1GW Nederwiek I-a Offshore Wind Farm

The Dutch government has launched a tender for the permit to develop and operate a 1GW offshore wind farm at the Nederwiek I-A site in the North Sea. Covering a…

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Selects Contractor for $1.4bn Performing Arts Centre

Saudi Arabia’s Qiddiya Investment Company has awarded a construction contract worth about $1.4 billion to local contractor Nesma & Partners for the develo…

Electric Vehicles

NIO’s ONVO Surpasses 100,000 Vehicles in Cumulative Deliveries

On the evening of October 19, ONVO, NIO Inc.'s sub-brand, announced it had delivered its 100,000th vehicle. Just days earlier, on October 15, the company in…

Battery

Incat Begins Power-up of World’s Largest Battery-Electric Ship

Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania announced progress on the world’s largest electric ferry, Hull 096, with one of its four 130-meter vessel battery ro…

EVTOL

Archer Aviation Strikes Korean Air Deal for EVTOL Air Taxis

Archer Aviation (ACHR.N) announced on Monday that it has signed a partnership agreement with Korean Air (003490.KS) to commercialize its electric air taxis in S…

Metal

Australia’s South32 Posts 135% Jump In Quarterly Manganese Output

Australia’s South32 (S32.AX) reported a 135% increase in manganese output for the first quarter, driven by the recovery of its operations after the impact…

Battery

Iberdrola Acquires 270 MW BESS Project in South Australia

Iberdrola SA has acquired the 270-megawatt (MW), 1,080-megawatt-hour (MWh) Tungkillo battery energy storage system (BESS) project in South Australia from RES Au…

Electric Vehicles

BYD Celebrates 100,000th NEV Delivery for Thailand

On October 16, BYD Auto (Thailand) Co., Ltd., in partnership with Rever Automotive Co., Ltd., held a ceremony in Bangkok to mark the delivery of its 100,000th n…

Nuclear Fusion

World’s Largest Toroidal Field Coil Box Delivered

A delivery ceremony was held for the toroidal field magnet coil box at the Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology (CRAFT) in Hefei, China. The co…

South Korea

Samsung Electronics Reaches 100% Landfill Diversion in Global Manufacturing Operations

Samsung Electronics has achieved UL Solutions’ Zero Waste to Landfill Platinum designation across all of its global manufacturing sites, marking a major milest…

Oil Field

McDermott Finishes Debut Subsea Project in Angola for TotalEnergies

U.S. offshore engineering and construction company McDermott has completed its first subsea project in Angola, working with TotalEnergies on the Begonia field d…

Ukraine

Ukraine Exported About 1 Mln Tons of New-Crop Barley

As of October 17, 2025, Ukraine’s grain and pulses exports for the 2025/26 marketing year reached 7.9 million tons, representing a decline of 4.6 million …

United Kingdom

Kier Wins £700M Norfolk Highways Works Contract

Kier has been appointed to deliver Norfolk County Council’s £700 million highways and infrastructure term services contract, covering the county&rsq…