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United States

Nutrien Selects US Site for Potash Terminal

Nutrien (NTR.TO), the world’s leading producer of potash fertilizer, announced on Wednesday that it is advancing plans to construct a new export terminal at Lo…

Metal

Hindustan Zinc Secures Tungsten Mining Licence in Andhra Pradesh, India

Hindustan Zinc, part of the Vedanta Group, has been granted a tungsten mining license in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, marking a key step in its strategy …

CCS

Sonardyne Adds Another Task to Its Contract for UK’s First Offshore CCS Project

Sonardyne, a specialist in underwater technology, has expanded its contract with the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), a joint venture involving BP, Equinor…

United States

US Lifts Tariffs on Most Fertilizer Imports

On Tuesday, the White House announced that key nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers, along with other agricultural products, are exempt from U.S. import tariffs t…

United Kingdom

Exxon to Close Scottish Chemicals Plant in 2026 Amid Market Uncertainty

Exxon Mobil announced on Tuesday that it will close its Fife Ethylene Plant in Scotland in February 2026. The company said the site is no longer competitive bec…

Electric Vehicles

GAC Group, Alibaba Cloud Expand Partnership Into Full-Stack AI

GAC Group and Alibaba Cloud signed a strategic cooperation agreement on November 14 to expand their partnership into comprehensive artificial intelligence appli…

SMR

Aecon and Norsk Kjernekraft Aim to Develop SMRs in Norway

Aecon, the lead contractor for Canada’s first small modular reactor project, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Norwegian private nuclear d…

United Arab Emirates

$46.3 Billion UAE Infrastructure Investment

The UAE plans to invest $46.3 billion in transport infrastructure development through 2030, aiming to enhance traffic flow, reduce congestion, and support growi…

Germany

BASF and ExxonMobil Collaborate on Methane Pyrolysis Technology

BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and ExxonMobil (Houston, Texas) announced on Monday a strategic collaboration to advance methane pyrolysis technology, a step towar…

Photovoltaic （PV）

First Solar to Open Gaffney Production Facility in South Carolina, US

First Solar announced plans on Monday to build a new production facility in Gaffney, South Carolina, with an investment of around $330 million. The plant is sch…

Metal

Rio Tinto to Cut Yarwun Alumina Output by 40% From October 2026 to Extend Plant Life

Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto said on Tuesday that it will reduce production at the Yarwun alumina refinery in Queensland by 40% starting next October. The c…

Australia

Australia Details Year to September Wheat, Durum Exports

Australia exported 23.49 million tonnes (Mt) of wheat, including durum, in the year to September 30, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. This tota…

Germany

BASF Coatings Is Committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals

The 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) provide a global plan for peace and prosperity. Adopted in September 2015 at the UN World Summit, t…

Metal

Barrick Mining Considers Splitting Into Two Entities, Sources Say

Barrick Gold's board is exploring options to divide the company into two distinct operations, with one centered on North American assets and the other on pr…

Brazil

AFD and IDB Launch $324M Subsea Fibre and Data Centre Project in Brazil’s Amazon

The French Development Agency (AFD) has collaborated with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to allocate $324 million toward a comprehensive subsea fiber…