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Metal

AIP Plans Sale or Listing of French Aluminium Plant, Union Says

American Industrial Partners (AIP), a U.S. investment firm, is preparing to sell or list France’s largest aluminium smelter, Aluminium Dunkerque, accordin…

United States

US Existing Home Sales Increase in October

U.S. existing home sales rose in October as prospective buyers capitalized on declining mortgage rates, despite ongoing challenges from elevated housing costs a…

Tidal Energy

Bay of Fundy Tidal Turbines Get Regulatory Green Light

Fisheries and Oceans Canada has granted a Fisheries Act Authorization to Eauclaire Tidal, permitting the installation of up to three Orbital Marine Power O2-X t…

United States

Largest Vertical Farm in the US, Is Being Shut Down.

Auctioneer SecondBloom and the M. Davis Group announced a full liquidation of the $70 million Bowery Farming vertical farming facility in Locust Grove, Georgia.…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Belarus to Build Third Unit at Nuclear Power Plant

Belarus has decided to construct a third unit at its first nuclear power plant in Ostrovets and will also begin surveys for a potential second plant to meet fut…

Metal

Ethiopia Signs Agreement for Aluminum Plant With Rusal

Ethiopian Investment Holdings announced on Friday that it has signed a preliminary agreement with Rusal to develop a large-scale aluminum smelter plant in Ethio…

United States

Meatpacker JBS Sees US Cattle Shortage Lasting Through 2026

JBS, the world’s largest meat company, said on Friday during a conference call that its U.S. beef margins will likely tighten in the fourth quarter compar…

Battery

ACCIONA to Build 1GWh BESS Project at Malgarida, Chile

ACCIONA Energía has announced the construction of a 1GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at its Malgarida photovoltaic complex in the Atacama Desert…

Tidal Energy

Scottish Firm Expands Presence in Canada With 12.5MW Tidal Award

Canadian tidal developer Eauclaire Tidal and Scottish renewable energy company Orbital Marine Power have secured 12.5 MW of new tidal energy licences from Nova…

South Korea

South Korean Milling Company Buys Around 50,000 Tons US Wheat

European traders reported that a South Korean flour milling group purchased an estimated 50,000 tons of milling grain from the United States at an international…

Nuclear Fuel

US Lab Begins TRISO Fuel Irradiation Test

X-energy has begun 13 months of irradiation testing for its TRISO-X fuel at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to assess performance under various operating condit…

United States

Meta Plans $600 Billion US Spend as AI Data Centers Expand

Meta Platforms (META.O) announced on Friday that it plans to invest $600 billion in U.S. infrastructure and job creation over the next three years, with a major…

Italy

World Food Prices Fall for Second Consecutive Month in October, UN’s FAO Says

Global food commodity prices declined for the second consecutive month in October, mainly due to sufficient global supplies, according to the United Nations Foo…

United States

US EPA Approves 14 Small Refinery Biofuel Waivers

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Friday that it had approved 14 requests from small refineries seeking full or partial exemptions fro…

United States

Boeing Says It Has Begun Work on Charleston Expansion to Boost 787 Production

Boeing (BA.N) announced on Friday that it has begun expanding its North Charleston, South Carolina facility to increase production of its 787 twin-aisle aircraf…