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Metal

WIN Metals to Buy Western Australia’s Radio Gold Mine

WIN Metals has entered into a binding memorandum of understanding to acquire the Radio gold mine from Top Global Mining. The deal, announced recently, includes …

South Korea

LG Chem and Enilive Begin Construction on Fuel Plant in South Korea

LG Chem and Enilive, a subsidiary of Eni, have begun construction on South Korea’s first hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and sustainable aviation fuel (S…

Kuwait

KBR Wins Feed Contract for Heavy Oil Program in Kuwait

KBR has secured a contract to deliver front-end engineering design (FEED) services for Phase 1 of the Kuwait Oil Company’s (KOC) heavy oil program at the …

Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle

China: Rockcheck Inks Deal to Deploy 1,000 Hydrogen Trucks in Inner Mongolia by 2026

In Baotou, Inner Mongolia, Rockcheck Group, the Jiuyuan District government, and Huadian Hydrogen Energy signed a strategic agreement to deploy 1,000 hydrogen-p…

Electric Vehicle Battery

CATL, Partners Push Large-Scale Battery Swapping Into China’s Car Rental Market

On August 1, 2025, in Ningde, China, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL), Contemporary Amperex Energy Service Technology Ltd. (CAES), CAR Inc., and …

Ukraine

Ukraine Eyes Higher 2025 Grain Harvest, Plans More Winter Wheat for 2026

Ukraine, a leading global grain producer and exporter, expects a potential increase in its 2025 wheat and corn harvests, contingent on favorable weather, accord…

United States

Linde Commissions One of the World’s Largest Helium-Storage Caverns

Linde plc, based in Dublin, Ireland, has commissioned one of the world’s largest helium storage caverns in Beaumont, Texas. With a capacity exceeding thre…

SMR

Hungary Looking at Deployment of BWRX-300s

Hungarian nuclear energy development firm Hunatom, part of the Paks II Group, has entered into a letter of intent with Poland’s Synthos Green Energy to ex…

Oil Field

CNOOC Achieves New Gas Startup in South China Sea

CNOOC Ltd., a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corp., has commenced production at the Dongfang 1-1 Gas Field 13-3 Block Development Project in the Ying…

Battery

Livoltek Launches 125KW / 261KWh Liquid-Cooled BESS for C&I Market

Livoltek, a subsidiary of Hexing Group, has introduced a new all-in-one battery energy storage system (BESS) tailored for commercial and industrial use. The BES…

China

China Welcomes 183 Brazil Coffee Sellers in Wake of US Tariffs

On July 30, 2025, China granted approval for 183 Brazilian coffee companies to export their products to its market, as announced by the Chinese embassy in Brazi…

Oil&Gas Drilling

China’s Independent Oil Firms Elbow Into Iraq’s Majors-Dominated Market

China's independent oil companies are significantly increasing their investments in Iraq, a major OPEC producer, with plans to double their output to 500,00…

Norway

OpenAI, Nscale and Aker to Build Massive ‘Stargate’ Datacentre in Norway

OpenAI, in partnership with Norwegian industrial group Aker and London-based AI infrastructure provider Nscale, has announced plans to construct Stargate Norway…

United Kingdom

Surge in Lower Quality Egg Imports Sparks UK Food Safety Fears

The British Egg Industry Council (BEIC) has issued a warning to food businesses in the UK, urging them to prioritize customer safety amid a significant increase…

Algeria

GEA Contracted to Build World’s Largest Integrated Dairy Facility in Algeria

In a formal ceremony held in Algiers on 28 July, Baladna, a leading Qatari dairy and food producer, the Algerian government, and GEA Group from Düsseldorf,…