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China

Chinese Company Ships First Bulk Cargo of Argentine Wheat as Agricultural Ties With Latin America Deepen

A cargo vessel carrying 65,000 tons of Argentine wheat left the Port of Timbues in Santa Fe Province, Argentina, on Saturday, destined for China. This voyage re…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Shares Jump as Musk Confirms Driverless Robotaxi Testing

Tesla shares reached their highest level in almost a year on Monday, following an announcement from CEO Elon Musk regarding the company's testing of robotax…

South Korea

DL Chemical Proposes Shutting Yeochun NCC’s No. 1 Plant Under Restructuring

South Korean petrochemical firm DL Chemical announced on Monday that it has proposed permanently closing Yeochun NCC Co.'s No. 1 naphtha cracker, which has …

Wind Farm

Italy's Enel Buys Wind Farms in Germany in 80-Mln-Euro Deal

Enel, Italy's leading utility company, announced on Monday the successful completion of its acquisition of two onshore wind farm projects in Germany. This t…

United States

US Homebuilder Sentiment Inches up to Eight-Month High December

U.S. builder confidence in the single-family housing market rose modestly in December 2025, reaching an eight-month high, according to the NAHB/Wells Fargo Hous…

Gas Pipeline

Uniper to Launch Sale of 20% Stake in Opal Gas Pipeline

Uniper has initiated the process to divest its 20% stake in the regulated OPAL gas pipeline, in line with the European Commission's state aid approval decis…

Electricity Transmission

Kenya Signs $311 Mln Power Lines Deal With Africa Fund, Indian Firm

Kenya announced on Monday the signing of an agreement for a $311 million investment to develop two high-voltage electricity transmission lines. The partners inc…

Metal

Korea Zinc to Build $7.4 Billion US Minerals Refinery With Trump’s Support

Korea Zinc announced on Monday a plan to invest in a major critical minerals refining facility in Tennessee, United States, with a total project value of approx…

France

Construction of Parisian Skyscraper Triangle's Crown Underway

Belgian construction group BESIX has completed a significant phase in building the Triangle skyscraper in Paris, France, with the final concrete pour on the 40t…

Metal

Jiangxi Copper Increases Solgold Takeover Bid to $1.12bn

Jiangxi Copper, based in China, has raised its takeover proposal for SolGold, an exploration company focused on gold and copper projects in Ecuador. The revised…

China

China at 2025 Having Harvested a Record Crop of Grains

China's National Bureau of Statistics reported on Friday that the country's grain output for 2025 reached a record 714.88 million tonnes, marking a 1.2%…

United States

Chlorum Solutions Acquires Iowa Chlor-Alkali Facility From Cargill

Chlorum Solutions USA LLC, headquartered in Chicago, announced on December 13, 2025, the signing of a definitive agreement to purchase Eddyville Chlor-Alkali, L…

United States

JBS to Close California Beef Plant

JBS, the world's largest meat company, announced on December 12, 2025, the permanent closure of a beef preparation facility located outside Los Angeles. The…

Coal Production

India Approves Coal Exports Amid Healthy Power Station Stocks

India's cabinet approved a policy on December 12, 2025, allowing the export of coal due to surplus stocks at power plants, as announced by Information Minis…

Wind Turbine

GE Vernova Lands 85MW Romanian Turbine Deal

GE Vernova has secured a new contract with PPC Renewables to deliver fourteen 6MW-158m onshore wind turbines for a wind farm located in Vaslui county, eastern R…