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Electric Vehicle Battery

A Vast New UK Battery Plant Just Secured £1B to Power 100K EVs

A new electric vehicle (EV) battery factory is being constructed in Sunderland, creating 1,000 new jobs. The £1 billion ($1.33 billion) facility, develope…

China

China’s Soybean Imports Fall to 10-Year Low

China’s soybean imports in April 2025 reached their lowest level in a decade, totaling 6.08 million metric tons, a 29.1% decline from the previous year, a…

United Kingdom

Warning Over Hinkley Point C Crane Safety Failings

The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has issued an improvement notice to NNB Generation Company (HPC) Ltd, a subsidiary of EDF Energy, concerning the managem…

Australia

Linde Engineering to Deliver Cryogenic System for Major Quantum-Computing System in Australia

Linde Engineering, based in Pullach, Germany, has signed an agreement with PsiQuantum, headquartered in Palo Alto, California, to construct a cryogenic cooling …

Metal

Sibanye-Stillwater’s Keliber Lithium Project in Finland Sees 17% Cost Increase

South African miner Sibanye-Stillwater has reported a 17% cost increase for its Keliber lithium project in Finland, with the estimated cost now at €783 mil…

Czech Republic

Amdocs Powers Billing Overhaul for T-Mobile Czech Republic

Amdocs has successfully completed a significant upgrade to the billing and charging system for T-Mobile Czech Republic, a leading telecommunications provider in…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla (TSLA) Slows Down in China Despite New Model Y Production

Tesla experienced a decline in sales and exports in China during April 2025, despite increased production of the updated Model Y at its Shanghai Gigafactory. Of…

Wind Turbine

Global Tech I Awards 10-Year Turbine Service Contracts

Global Tech I has finalized two long-term service contracts for its 400MW offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, following a competitive Europe-wide tender…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Qinshan 1 Breaks Candu-6 Record

Unit 1 of the Qinshan Phase III Nuclear Power Plant in Zhejiang Province, China, was shut down after 738 days of continuous operation, setting a national record…

China

Sany to Invest $1.5bn in Overseas Sales Drive After IPO

Sany Heavy Industry, a leading Chinese equipment manufacturer, plans to raise $1.5 billion through an initial public offering (IPO) on the Hong Kong stock excha…

Metal

Firebird Completes Testing on Calcining Kiln for Manganese Production

Australian miner Firebird Metals has successfully conducted calcining and leaching tests for Taza Metal Technologies, a Kazakhstan-based manganese mining and pr…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Google Order Three New Nuclear Power Plants for Its Data Centers

Google has entered a cooperation agreement with Elementl Power, a nuclear energy startup, to support the development of three new nuclear power plants with a co…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Fiji Seeking Consultants for 10 MW of Solar

Fiji Pine Ltd. has issued a tender to engage a consulting firm for a feasibility study on a proposed 10 MW ground-mounted solar project near Vakabuli village, c…

Ukraine

Ukrainian Flour Exports Exceed 60 Thsd Tons

As of May 12, Ukraine exported 36.396 million tons of grain and leguminous crops in the 2024/25 marketing year, a decrease of 6.81 million tons, or 18.7%, compa…

Energy Storage Project

Oneida Battery Project, Canada’s Biggest, Goes Online Ahead of Schedule, Under Budget

Canada’s largest battery energy storage system, the Oneida Energy Storage project, began operations last week in Haldimand County, Ontario, ahead of sched…