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United States

Nvidia Buys AI Software Provider Schedmd to Expand Open-Source AI Push

Nvidia announced on Monday the acquisition of SchedMD, a software company specializing in artificial intelligence workload management. This move reinforces the …

Methane

Spain’s Solarig to Invest Over $400 Million in Biomethane Plants in Poland

Spanish renewable energy developer Solarig announced on Monday a planned investment exceeding 1.5 billion zloty, equivalent to approximately 415 million U.S. do…

Gas Pipeline

Uniper to Launch Sale of 20% Stake in Opal Gas Pipeline

Uniper has initiated the process to divest its 20% stake in the regulated OPAL gas pipeline, in line with the European Commission's state aid approval decis…

Metal

Korea Zinc to Build $7.4 Billion US Minerals Refinery With Trump’s Support

Korea Zinc announced on Monday a plan to invest in a major critical minerals refining facility in Tennessee, United States, with a total project value of approx…

Metal

Jiangxi Copper Increases Solgold Takeover Bid to $1.12bn

Jiangxi Copper, based in China, has raised its takeover proposal for SolGold, an exploration company focused on gold and copper projects in Ecuador. The revised…

China

China at 2025 Having Harvested a Record Crop of Grains

China's National Bureau of Statistics reported on Friday that the country's grain output for 2025 reached a record 714.88 million tonnes, marking a 1.2%…

United States

OpenAI Unveils GPT-5.2 Improvements

OpenAI introduced its advanced AI model, GPT-5.2, on December 11, 2025, offering improvements in professional tasks, coding performance, and handling of extende…

United States

Azul Wins Court Nod for Debt Restructuring, American and United to Invest

A U.S. bankruptcy judge approved the debt restructuring plan for Brazilian airline Azul on December 12, 2025, enabling the company to reduce more than $2 billio…

United States

JBS to Close California Beef Plant

JBS, the world's largest meat company, announced on December 12, 2025, the permanent closure of a beef preparation facility located outside Los Angeles. The…

Coal Production

India Approves Coal Exports Amid Healthy Power Station Stocks

India's cabinet approved a policy on December 12, 2025, allowing the export of coal due to surplus stocks at power plants, as announced by Information Minis…

SMR

GE Vernova Hitachi SMR Design Cleared for Use in UK

Regulators in Great Britain have concluded that GE Vernova Hitachi's BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) design is suitable for potential construction in t…

Solar Power Plant

Iberdrola’s Subsidiary Commences Construction of Two Solar Plants in Spain

Iberdrola España has begun construction of its first two utility-scale solar projects in the Valencian Community, with a combined capacity of 366 MW and …

Nuclear Fusion

Japan Signs First Fusion Power PPA

Japanese fusion start-up Helical Fusion has signed the country's first-ever fusion-energy power purchase agreement (PPA) with Aoki Super, a leading supermar…

United States

Southwest CEO Expects Boeing Max 7 to Be Certified Around August 2026

Southwest Airlines now anticipates that the Boeing 737 MAX 7, the smallest member of the MAX family, will receive type certification around August 2026, with en…

LNG

Italy's Snam Tightens Grip on LNG Terminal as Liquefied Gas Imports Rise

Italy's gas transmission operator Snam announced on Thursday that it will acquire a 48.2% stake in the OLT Offshore LNG Toscana terminal, located off the co…