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Brazil

Petrobras Refinery Tests Co-Processing of Vegetable Oil With Traditional Feedstock for SAF Production

In the first week of September, Petrobras carried out tests at its Henrique Lage Refinery (Revap) in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, for th…

China

COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry in South China Yard Expansion

COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry is expanding its ship repair and offshore engineering capabilities in South China with a RMB3 billion ($421 million) project in Ya…

Japan

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Achieve Purity Target for Ethanol at Membrane Dehydration Pilot Plant

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.com) has achieved over 99.5 vol% ethanol purity at its pilot plant for membrane dehydration syste…

Metal

Barrick Says Fourmile Could Produce up to 750,000 Gold Oz Annually

Barrick Mining (NYSE: B) has revealed significant developments in its Fourmile project in Nevada, positioning it as one of the most important gold discoveries o…

Electric Vehicle Battery

China’s Power Battery Installation Volume in Aug. 2025 Jump 32.4% YoY

In August 2025, China’s power battery installations reached 62.5 GWh, marking an 11.9% increase from July and a 32.4% rise year-on-year, according to the …

Solar Power Plant

QatarEnergy and Samsung Sign Agreement for Dukhan Solar Power Plant

QatarEnergy has signed an agreement with Samsung C&T’s Engineering & Construction Group to develop a large-scale solar power plant in Dukhan, about 80 kil…

Brazil

Top Global Meatpacker JBS Prepares for Drop in Cattle for Slaughter in 2026

Brazilian meatpacker JBS (Z98.F), the world’s largest meat producer, said it is preparing for a possible shift in Brazil’s cattle cycle that could r…

China

Record Achievement of China’s Five-Year Plan for Grain Production

China has achieved a historic milestone in grain production under its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), surpassing 700 million tonnes of grain in 2024. This was …

France

INEOS Inovyn Announces Mothballing of Chloromethane Production Facility in France

INEOS Inovyn, headquartered in London, announced that it has decided to mothball its chloromethane production facility in Tavaux, France. The company explained …

Wave Energy

Weco Completes First Full Assembly of Its Upgraded Wave Energy Device

The Hague-based Wave Energy Collective (Weco) has announced the successful first full assembly of its Kaizen 2.0 wave energy device. The milestone was achieved …

Offshore Wind Power

Dutch Earmark 1 Billion Euros for Offshore Wind Farm Subsidies

The Dutch government announced on Tuesday that it will allocate around 1 billion euros ($1.18 billion) in subsidies next year to support the construction of new…

Sweden

Sweden Prepares PFAS Strategy for Farming Products

Denmark has announced it will phase out about 20 plant protection products containing PFAS after studies showed they degrade into TFA, a highly water-soluble me…

United States

Canada Unveils $13BN Housing-Crisis Plan for Modular Homes on Federal Land

On September 15, Canada announced a US$9.4 billion (C$13 billion) initiative to expand affordable housing nationwide. The plan emphasizes prefabricated modular …

China

Solvay Doubles Production Capacity for High-Purity Hydrogen in China

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) has inaugurated a major expansion at its Zhenjiang, China, facility, doubling annual production capacity of electronic grade hyd…

Metal

MMC Completes First Gold Pour at Bayan Khundii Mine in Mongolia

Mongolian Mining Corporation (MMC), a leading coking coal producer and exporter, has completed the first gold pour at the Bayan Khundii gold mine in Mongolia. T…