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Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Brings Back Maize Import Ban After Bumper Harvest

Zimbabwe has reinstated a ban on maize imports after achieving a strong harvest this year, allowing the country to meet domestic milling needs without relying o…

Thermal Coal

China’s Seaborne Thermal Coal Imports Jump as India’s Stumble

China’s imports of seaborne thermal coal are set to reach their highest level this year in August, while India’s imports have fallen to the lowest point in th…

CCS

Norway’s Northern Lights CCS Project Starts Operations With First CO2 Injected

Norway has begun operations at the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, with the first volumes of carbon dioxide (CO2) successfully injecte…

Metal

US Interior Department Proposes Adding Copper to Critical Minerals List

On August 25, 2025, the U.S. announced a proposal to include copper, potash, silver, lead, and silicon in its draft critical minerals list for 2025, highlightin…

United Kingdom

STRABAG Consortium Secures Contract for £3BN Water Project in UK

The consortium of STRABAG, Equitix, and GLIL Infrastructure has been awarded a contract by United Utilities to deliver the £3 billion ($4.02 billion) Hawe…

Turkey

Wood Awarded Contract for Turkey’s Largest Polypropylene Plant

Wood plc, headquartered in Aberdeen, U.K., is providing project management consultancy (PMC) services for the development of Turkey’s largest polypropylen…

Singapore

Dell Technologies Launches Asia Pacific & Japan AI Innovation Hub in Singapore

Dell Technologies has launched its new Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) AI Innovation Hub (AIIH) in Singapore during the Dell Technologies Forum. The AIIH, an extensi…

Germany

Port of Hamburg Marks New Multi-Purpose Terminal Digitalization Milestone

UNIKAI, part of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG, and AKQUINET completed the AKIDU project, enhancing digitalization at the Port of Hamburg’s O’Swald…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Taiwan Nuclear Plant Re-Opening Vote Fails as Approval Threshold Missed

On Saturday, a referendum to reopen the Maanshan nuclear power plant in southern Taiwan failed to meet the required voter threshold. The vote, proposed by the T…

Electric Vehicles

YANGWANG U9 Marks First Anniversary With 149 Units Delivered

On August 21, YANGWANG, BYD’s luxury brand, released its YANGWANG U9 One-Year Delivery Report, marking one year since the first all-electric supercar deli…

Solar project

Zambia Begins Building 100 MW Solar Project

Zambia has initiated construction on the 100 MW Chipata West solar project, aimed at providing electricity to rural communities. The project, led by the nationa…

Battery

France’s Largest Battery Storage System Powers Up

Harmony Energy, a UK-based renewable energy developer, has activated a battery energy storage system (BESS) at the port of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire, France. Boastin…

Biofuel

US EPA Approves Biofuel Waivers for Small Refiners, Stirring Concerns Over Demand

On Friday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cleared most of its backlog of exemption requests from small oil refineries under the Renewable Fuel S…

Thermal Plant

Brazil Plans to Ask Power Plants to Bid on Supplying Capacity

Brazil’s government has announced plans to conduct two rounds of bidding in 2026 for hydroelectric and fossil-fuel thermal power plants to enhance electricity …

India

Ericsson, BRBRAITT Launch Hands-on 5G & IoT Training Program Engineering Students in India

Ericsson has partnered with Bharat Ratna Bhim Rao Ambedkar Institute of Telecom Training (BRBRAITT), an apex training institute under Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limit…