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Solar Cell

Longi Reveals Details of World’s Most Efficient Silicon Solar Cell

A research team from Longi, led by company president and founder Li Zhenguo, has published detailed technical information on its 27.81%-efficient hybrid interdi…

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…

China

Foxconn, OpenAI Partner on AI Hardware Manufacturing

Foxconn has entered into a cooperation agreement with U.S.-based OpenAI to jointly design and develop data center racks, related components, and artificial inte…

Electric Vehicles

Magna to Produce China’s GAC Electric Vehicles in Europe

China’s Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) has reached an agreement with Magna to produce its all-electric AION V model at a Magna manufacturing plant in Gr…

Metal

South Africa, EU Sign Critical Minerals Deal, Vow to Defend Multilateralism

South Africa and the European Union reaffirmed their commitment to multilateral cooperation as they signed a partnership agreement on critical minerals, in prep…

Ukraine

Ukraine Agrees to Establish First Agrohub in Africa

Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture and Ghana’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture have signed a Memorandum of Understanding t…

India

India Railways Launches Cement-Bulk Transport Reform

Indian Railways has launched a new freight policy designed to significantly increase the transport of bulk cement by rail across the country. The initiative int…

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…

Metal

Trafigura’s Nyrstar Casts First Antimony at South Australia Plant

Nyrstar, the zinc and lead smelting subsidiary of Trafigura (NYR.BR), announced on Thursday that it has successfully commenced casting antimony metal at a new p…

Metal

Hindustan Zinc Secures Tungsten Mining Licence in Andhra Pradesh, India

Hindustan Zinc, part of the Vedanta Group, has been granted a tungsten mining license in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, marking a key step in its strategy …

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

BMW Secures €273 Million in Public Funding to Scale Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles

BMW AG has received approximately €273 million in public funding for its Hy2Move project, aimed at developing hydrogen fuel cell technology for passenger c…

Bahrain

Gulf Air Increases 787 Dreamliner Order

Boeing and Gulf Air announced that the Bahrain-based carrier has finalised a firm order for 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, with options for three more, aimed at exp…

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…

United States

US Lifts Tariffs on Most Fertilizer Imports

On Tuesday, the White House announced that key nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers, along with other agricultural products, are exempt from U.S. import tariffs t…

Mexico

Mexico’s ASUR Buys Motiva’s Latin American Airports in $2.2 Billion Deal

On Tuesday, Mexico’s Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR) signed an agreement to acquire the airport portfolio of Brazilian infrastructure operator Moti…