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Canada

Railroad Operator Canadian National Lays off 400 Managers

Canadian National Railway (CNR.TO) has laid off around 400 management employees across its offices in Canada and the United States, according to a report by the…

France

Airbus Delays Some A220 Output, Narrowing Window to Reach 2026 Target

Airbus (AIR.PA) has postponed the assembly of some A220 jets this year and next, and may only achieve its 2026 production target of 14 A220s per month in the fi…

United States

Dow Beats Loss Estimates on Cost Cuts, New US Capacity

Dow Inc. (DOW.N) reported a smaller-than-expected adjusted loss for the third quarter of 2025 on Thursday, supported by cost reductions and increased production…

United States

Exxon Restarts FCCU at Beaumont, Texas, Refinery, Sources Say

Exxon Mobil has restarted the gasoline-producing fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) at its Beaumont refinery in Texas after a temporary shutdown earlier in th…

Canada

Canada Reduced Grain Exports in August

Canada’s shipments of major grain crops declined in August 2025 compared with the same month in 2024, according to data released by Statistics Canada on S…

Costa Rica

Costa Rica Reopens Airspace After Radar Outage Forces Nationwide Shutdown

Costa Rica reopened its airspace on Wednesday after a power outage caused a nationwide closure for at least five hours, disrupting air travel across the country…

China

China Slaughtered 183 Mln Pigs in the First Half of the Year, Driving Down Prices

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chinese slaughterhouses processed 183.55 million pigs from January to June, marking a 14.5% incr…

United States

Chemicals Maker Dow Sees Positive Polyethylene Price Action in September

Dow CEO Jim Fitterling said on Thursday that the polyethylene market is showing signs of positive price momentum in September, following weaker conditions in th…

United Kingdom

EE Rolls Out Ericsson’s Advanced RAN Coordination to Boost 5G Performance in UK City Centres

EE has become the first mobile operator globally to implement inter-site 5G downlink carrier aggregation within its distributed Radio Access Network (RAN), mark…

United Kingdom

Tender Floated for Portadown Flood Defence Framework

The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) Rivers Directorate in Northern Ireland has announced plans for a £72 million flood alleviation scheme in Portadown…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Palisades Re-Enters Operational Status

The Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan, previously shut down for decommissioning, has officially transitioned back to operational status, marking a histo…

Crude Oil

China Still Storing Crude Oil Even as Refinery Runs Rise

In July 2025, China’s refineries increased processing rates but maintained a crude oil surplus of 530,000 barrels per day (bpd), driven by robust imports …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

India Shuts Unit at Country’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant for Maintenance

On August 3, 2025, Unit 1 of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu, India, was shut down for scheduled maintenance, according to a report from the Ce…

Metal

Mitsubishi Materials Looks to Scale Down Copper Concentrate Processing

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, based in Japan, plans to reduce copper concentrate processing at its Onahama Smelting and Refining facility in Iwaki City, Fuk…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Regulatory Approval for Indonesian Site Survey

The first unit of the Rooppur nuclear power plant, located 160 kilometers from Dhaka, Bangladesh, completed a critical blowdown of its fresh steam pipelines in …