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Metal

Codelco, SQM Seal Lithium Venture in Chile’s Atacama Desert

Chile’s state-owned copper producer Codelco and lithium company SQM have completed a major agreement to form a joint venture focused on lithium extraction…

China Issues Draft Rules to Regulate AI With Human-Like Interaction

China's cyberspace regulator issued draft rules for public comment on Saturday, introducing stricter oversight for artificial intelligence services that sim…

China

Yang Ming’s Dry Bulk Arm Lines up Ultramax Quartet at Japanese Yards

Kuang Ming Shipping, the dry bulk subsidiary of Taiwanese liner group Yang Ming Marine Transport, has placed orders for four ultramax bulk carriers at Japanese …

Power Construction

ACCIONA Energía Starts Renewable Supply From Logrosan Plant in Caceres

ACCIONA Energía has begun supplying renewable energy to the grid from its Logrosán biomass plant in Cáceres, Spain.ACCIONA Energía w…

United States

Hudson Tunnel Excavation to Begin as TBMs en Route to New Jersey

Work on the new Hudson rail tunnel is scheduled to advance this spring, with two custom-built tunnel boring machines (TBMs) en route to New Jersey, United State…

Electric Vehicles

CIE Automotive Acquires the Aludec Group

CIE Automotive, headquartered in Spain, has announced the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Aludec, S.A. The enterprise value of the transaction stand…

Metal

Larvotto Commences Underground Development at Hillgrove Project in NSW

Larvotto Resources has confirmed that PYBAR Mining Services has arrived on-site and commenced underground development activities at the wholly owned Hillgrove a…

India

Arkema Plans to Sell Plastic Additives Business to Praana

Arkema S.A. has announced a proposed divestment of certain businesses within its impact modifiers and processing aids portfolio to the Indian group Praana. This…

India

BEUMER Group Inaugurates New Manufacturing Facility in India

BEUMER Group officially inaugurated a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at Reliance's Model Economic Township (MET City) in Jhajjar, Haryana. This…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Trina Solar Completes Sale of 5 GW U.S. Module Plant to T1 Energy

Trina Solar has completed the sale of its 5 GW solar module manufacturing facility in the United States to T1 Energy. The Shanghai-listed company announced in a…

India

Adani Ports Completes Acquisition of NQXT Australia

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited has successfully completed the acquisition of 100 per cent interest in NQXT Australia. The transaction received al…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Russia Plans a Nuclear Power Plant on the Moon Within a Decade

Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos announced plans to construct a lunar power plant by 2036. The agency has signed a contract with the Lavochkin Ass…

United States

John Deere Agrees to Buy US Construction Tech Firm Tenna

Deere & Company (John Deere) has entered into an agreement to acquire Tenna, a US-based construction technology company, for an undisclosed amount. The announce…

Metal

Japan to Test Rare-Earth Mining From Deep Seabed Mud

Japan will conduct a month-long test to extract rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed near Minamitorishima Island, a remote location about 1,900 kilometres s…

Nuclear Reactor

Sweden’s Vattenfall Applies for State Aid for New Nuclear Reactors

Swedish utility Vattenfall has submitted an application for state financing to construct new nuclear reactors at its Ringhals facility, marking the first such r…