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Metal

Perenti Secures $707M Gold Mine Contract in Burkina Faso

Perenti, through its joint venture subsidiary Underground Mining Services Burkina Faso SARL (UMS), has secured a A$1.1 billion ($707.3 million) contract with SE…

Net Zero

CATL Partners With Lanzhou City to Build Zero-Carbon Model City in Northwest China

On May 29, CATL, a leading battery manufacturer, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Lanzhou Municipal Government to advance collaboration in thre…

Metal

US Aluminium, Steel Prices Jump, Shares Drop on Trump’s New Tariffs

On June 4, 2025, new U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, set at 50%, took effect, as announced by President Donald Trump on Friday. The U.S., a major s…

Metal

Perpetua Secures $6.9m Defence Funding to Advance Domestic Antimony Supply

Perpetua Resources has secured an additional $6.9 million from the U.S. Army through the Defence Ordnance Technology Consortium (DOTC) to advance the Stibnite G…

Biofuel

White House Considers Plan to Clear Record Backlog of Small Refinery Biofuel Waivers

The White House is reviewing a strategy to address a backlog of over 160 exemption requests from small U.S. refineries under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), …

Norway

Skanska to Build US$160M Oslo Metro Station

Skanska has secured a US$160 million contract to construct the underground Skøyen metro station in Oslo, Norway. Positioned 45 meters below ground, the t…

Metal

Alaska Energy Closes Financing for Exploration at Angliers-Belleterre Project in Canada

Alaska Energy Metals has successfully raised C$500,020 ($364,405) through a financing round to support exploration at its Angliers-Belleterre project in the T&e…

Geothermal Power Project

Kootenay Lake, Canada Geothermal Project Receives Funding for Geophysical Surveys

The South Kootenay Lake Community Services Society has secured nearly $100,000 from the Rural Economic Diversification and Infrastructure Program (REDIP) to con…

Microgrid

Philippines Plans Third Microgrid Auction

The Department of Energy (DOE) of the Philippines has announced plans for its third microgrid auction, aimed at accelerating electrification in unserved and und…

Wave Energy

Wave Energy Developers Get Fabrication Boost With New TEAMER Facility

Thompson Metal Fab (TMF), based in Vancouver, Washington, has joined the U.S. Testing Expertise and Access to Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) network as a techn…

Metal

Chile’s SQM Misses Profit Estimates as Lithium Prices Remain Under Pressure

On Wednesday, SQM, the world’s second-largest lithium producer based in Chile, reported that its first-quarter profit for 2025 fell short of expectations …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Facing Sinking Coal Demand, China Asks Power Plants to Just Buy More, Sources Say

China is encouraging its coal-fired power plants to increase stockpiles of domestically sourced coal and reduce reliance on imports to support local prices, acc…

Natural Gas

Natural Gas Flows to Freeport LNG Export Plant in Texas Drop Wednesday, Sources Say

On Wednesday, natural gas flows to the Freeport LNG export facility in Texas decreased, according to two sources familiar with the matter. This reduction likely…

Oil&Gas Drilling

NIDC Drilling Operations Complete 20 Wells in Two Months

The National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) successfully completed the drilling of 20 onshore oil and gas wells over a two-month period ending May 21, utilizin…

Metal

Mustang Energy Launches Field Programme at 914W Uranium Project in Canada

Skyharbour Resources has announced that its partner, Mustang Energy, has begun the 2025 field exploration program at the 914W Uranium Project in Saskatchewan&rs…