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United States

NCDOT Awards $182M Contract for Hampstead Bypass Completion

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has awarded a $182 million contract to S.T. Wooten for the construction of the final section of the Hamp…

China

DeepSeek Six Months On: Disruption, Backlash, and the Fight for Trust

In January 2025, DeepSeek, a Chinese-developed AI chatbot from High-Flyer AI, launched globally and quickly gained significant attention. Its R1 model, featurin…

Floating Offshore Wind

100 MW White Cross Floating Wind Farm Granted Full Consent

The 100 MW White Cross floating offshore wind farm, developed by Flotation Energy and Cobra, has received complete onshore and offshore planning approval in the…

Hydrogen Transport

Corinth Pipeworks Confirms Offshore Pipeline Readiness for 100% Hydrogen

Corinth Pipeworks, the steel pipe division of Cenergy Holdings in Greece, confirmed the suitability of its materials for transporting 100% hydrogen in offshore …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

US Loan Disbursements to Recommission Michigan Nuclear Plant Top $83 Million

Holtec International received the fifth installment of a loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy to support the restart of the 800-megawatt Palisades …

Crude Oil

China’s July Crude Oil Imports up 11.5% Year-On-Year

China’s crude oil imports in July 2025 increased by 11.5% compared to the same month last year, reaching 47.2 million metric tons, or 11.12 million barrel…

Metal

Rio Tinto Says No Economic Incentive for Green Steel in Australia

Rio Tinto, a major mining company, expressed concerns about the feasibility of establishing a "green iron" sector in Australia to support decarbonization effort…

Coal Trade

China July Coal Imports Fall 23% on Ample Domestic Supply

China's coal imports in July 2025 dropped by 23% compared to the previous year, reaching 35.61 million metric tons, according to data released by the Genera…

Italy

World’s Longest Suspension Bridge to Be Sicily’s First Link to Mainland

A consortium led by Webuild, an Italian construction company, has secured a contract to construct a long-planned bridge over the Strait of Messina, creating the…

Vietnam

Vietnam Overtakes Thailand as World’s Second Largest Rice Exporter

The Thai Rice Exporters Association reported that Vietnam surpassed Thailand to become the world’s second-largest rice exporter in the first half of 2025,…

South Korea

LG Chem and Enilive Break Ground on Korea’s First HVO/SAF Plant

LG Chem Ltd., based in Seoul, South Korea, and Enilive, a biorefining subsidiary of Eni S.p.A. from Rome, Italy, have initiated construction of South Korea&rsqu…

Japan

IQM and TOYO Team to Boost Quantum Computing Adoption in Japan

TOYO Corporation, a leading Japanese firm specializing in measurement technology, has entered into a distribution agreement with IQM Quantum Computers, a Finnis…

Nuclear Reactor

Third Korean Reactor Taken Offline as Licence Renewal Decision Awaited

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has paused operations at Kori unit 4, located at its nuclear power plant in South Korea, as it awaits a government decision o…

Electric Vehicles

BYD Further Improves Fifth-Generation DM Hybrid Tech With Fuel Consumption Lowered to 2.6l/100KM

On August 5, BYD announced an upgrade to its fifth-generation DM (Dual Mode) hybrid technology, achieving a new standard in fuel efficiency. The updated system,…

Hydrogen Project

Statkraft Seals Land Deal for Its Hydrogen Project in Shetland

Norwegian renewable energy company Statkraft has secured a lease from the Shetland Islands Council to develop its Shetland Hydrogen Project 2, marking progress …