B

Metal

Congo Extends Cobalt Export Ban by Three Months

The Democratic Republic of Congo, the world's leading cobalt supplier, has extended its export ban on cobalt for three months, as announced by the Authority…

Morocco

Morocco to Build Africa’s First Offshore Windfarm Near Its ‘Windy City’

Morocco has launched Africa’s first offshore wind project, a 1GW wind farm off the coast of Essaouira, announced during a UN conference in Nice, France, in Jun…

United States

Nouryon Opens Oilfield Application Center in Houston

Nouryon, based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, has opened a new Innovation Center in Houston, Texas, focused on oilfield applications. This development, announced in…

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan Exports Its Wheat to Vietnam

A transit container train carrying high-quality Kazakhstani wheat arrived at Lianyungang Port in China, marking the first shipment sent by ProdCorporation throu…

Metal

Adani’s Kutch Copper Plant Begins Processing Ores Amid Global Shortage

The Adani Kutch Copper plant, a new smelter owned by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, has commenced operations in Gujarat, India. The facility began processing …

China

Alibaba’s New Data Center in Korea to Begin Operation This Month

Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing division of Alibaba Group, announced that its second data center in South Korea will begin operations later this month. Locat…

Metal

ARENA Announces Funding for Lower-Emissions Steel Pilot in Australia

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has committed A$19.8 million (US$12.9 million) to support the NeoSmelt steel pilot project in Kwinana, Western Au…

Metal

Meeka Metals Secures $39M for Murchison Gold Project Expansion

Meeka Metals, an Australian gold mining company, has secured A$60 million ($39 million) through a share placement supported by both existing and new institution…

Offshore Substation

Ventyr Awards Substation Contract for Norway’s First Commercial Offshore Wind Farm

Ventyr, a consortium formed by Parkwind and Ingka Investments, has selected Worley Rosenberg as the preferred contractor for the offshore substation of the S&os…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Germany Deploys 1.1 GW of PV in May

Germany’s Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) reported that 1.1128 GW of new net photovoltaic (PV) capacity was installed in May 2025. This figure …

Energy Storage Project

New Jersey Launches 2GW Energy Storage Programme

On 18 June 2025, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) approved Phase 1 of the Garden State Energy Storage Program (GSESP), a significant step toward…

Solar project

UK Approves 138MW Oaklands Farm Solar Project

On 19 June 2025, the UK government granted planning permission to BayWa r.e., a renewable energy developer, for the 138MW Oaklands Farm solar project in Derbysh…

Floating Offshore Wind

Equinor, EDF-ESB Joint Venture Secure 1.5 GW Sites in UK Floating Wind Leasing Round

On 12 June 2025, The Crown Estate named Equinor and Gwynt Glas, a partnership between EDF Renewables UK and ESB, as the preferred developers for floating wind p…

Electric Vehicles

Huawei, JAC’s MAEXTRO Puts S800 Luxury Sedan Model Into Volume Production

On June 18, 2025, MAEXTRO, a brand formed by JAC Group and Huawei, began mass production of its flagship sedan, the MAEXTRO S800, at the MAEXTRO Super Factory i…

Wave Energy

First Full-Scale Wave-Powered Breakwater Underway in France

Legendre Group, a UK-based company, has begun constructing a full-scale demonstrator for the Dikwe project in Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France, in partnership …