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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…

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 …

Japan

MHI Produces Hydrogen at Its Ammonia Cracking Pilot Plant Using Steam Heating

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) announced on Thursday that it has successfully produced 99% purity hydrogen through ammonia cracking using steam as the sole h…

Brazil

Pork Gains Ground as Beef Prices Climb in Brazil

In Brazil, pork has achieved its strongest price competitiveness against beef since 2022, according to the Center for Advanced Studies on Applied Economics (Cep…

United States

Webuild’s Lane Completes $232M Bronx Bridge

A joint venture between SPC Construction and Lane Construction, the U.S. subsidiary of Italy's Webuild Group, has completed the new Unionport Bridge over We…

Power Construction

EU to Fast-Track Power Grid Projects in Race to Lower Energy Prices

The European Union has proposed measures to speed up the approval of electricity grid projects and introduce coordinated EU-wide planning for cross-border infra…

China

Air Liquide Announces €25-Million Investment to Expand ASU in Yulin, China

Air Liquide has signed a long-term contract extension with a subsidiary of Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group and will invest around €25 million to modernise…

United Kingdom

Heidelberg UK Injects Carbon Dioxide Into Concrete Mix

Heidelberg Materials UK has begun its first trial of CarbonCure technology at the Greenwich ready-mixed concrete plant in London. The process injects captured c…

Pakistan

Louis Dreyfus Comes Onboard Pakistan Port Project

Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), a leading global merchant and processor of agricultural commodities, has signed an agreement with a subsidiary of AD Ports Group to…

Netherlands

Pilot Plant to Assess Solvent-Based Process for Food-Safe HDPE Recycled Material

Alpla is developing a reliable method to produce food-safe high-density polyethylene (HDPE) recycled material using a patented solvent-based recycling process. …

Battery

World’s First High-Power Aluminum-Ion Battery System for Energy Storage

The INNOBATT research project, coordinated by Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology (IISB), has successfully developed and tested a …

Geothermal Power Project

Zanskar Announces Discovery of Big Blind Geothermal Site in Western Nevada, USA

Zanskar Geothermal & Minerals has announced the discovery of the Big Blind geothermal system in western Nevada, marking the first commercially confirmed blind g…

Hydropower Plant

NHPC Synchronises Second Unit of 2000MW Subansiri Lower Hydropower Project

NHPC Limited announced on 3 December 2025 that Unit-2 (250 MW) of the Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project has been successfully synchronised with the national…

Spain

World-First Pilot Plant in Catalonia Will 3D Print Ceramic Parts for Solid-Oxide Cells

The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), based in Tarragona, Spain, has launched a new pilot line for manufacturing ceramic devices using 3D printing…