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Australia

World’s Largest Coal Port Plots Post-coal Course as China Slashes Imports

The port of Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia, the world’s largest coal export facility, is adapting to a shifting energy landscape as global coal d…

Germany

$1.3bn Set to Be Spent Developing Hamburg Port

The Port of Hamburg, Germany’s largest port, has launched a €1.1 billion ($1.29 billion) investment to modernize its container handling facilities at…

United Kingdom

Eastern Concrete to Deliver Concrete for Sizewell C in Suffolk, UK

Eastern Concrete, a concrete supplier based in Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK, has been awarded a contract to provide over 120,000 cubic meters of concrete for the Siz…

United States

Longest Concrete Segmental Cable-Stayed Bridge in North America Opens in Texas

On June 28, the longest concrete segmental cable-stayed bridge in North America opened to traffic over the ship channel at the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas. Th…

Japan

Rakuten Mobile Celebrates 9 Million Subscribers With 20% Store Growth

Rakuten Mobile, Japan’s modern mobile network, that its subscriber base has exceeded 9 million. The company reported a 20% year-on-year increase in new su…

China

China Contracts up to 700 Thsd Tons of Ukrainian New Crop Barley

A rise in demand from China has driven up domestic barley prices by $8, with the delivery price reaching $240 CIF ($203 FOB Odessa). This increase reflects grow…

Natural Gas

More Gas for Europe as Shell Turns on the Taps at Norwegian Field’s Next Chapter

Shell, a UK-based energy company, has initiated production at the Ormen Lange phase III project in the Norwegian Sea, 120 kilometers northwest of Kristiansund, …

LNG

Chevron Raises Offtake From Lake Charles LNG to 3 MMtpa

On Wednesday, Energy Transfer LP announced an expanded agreement with Chevron Corp. for an additional 1 million metric tons per annum (MMtpa) of liquefied natur…

Wind Farm

Polish Parliament Approves Liberalisation of Wind Farm Rules

On Wednesday evening, the Polish parliament approved new legislation to simplify regulations for constructing onshore wind farms. The government views this as a…

Power Construction

US DoE Issues Emergency Order in Southeast US to Prevent Blackouts

On June 23, 2025, the US Department of Energy (DoE) issued an emergency order to support Duke Energy Carolinas in managing potential electricity shortages in No…

Biofuel

Brazil Raises Biofuel Levels, Sees Gasoline Self-Sufficiency

On June 25, 2025, Brazil's National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) approved an increase in the proportion of biofuels blended with fossil fuels, aiming to enh…

Energy Storage Project

US Power Sector Battery Storage Momentum Keeps Charging On

Battery storage systems are reshaping U.S. power networks, achieving record deployment levels nearly monthly. Falling costs and higher energy density are prompt…

China

China’s Big Pork Producers Increase Market Share

China’s pig industry is undergoing a significant transformation as leading producers plan to substantially increase output. Seventeen publicly traded comp…

Poland

New HUBER+SUHNER Site in Poland to Boost POLATIS® OCS Output for Hyperscale Growth

HUBER+SUHNER has launched a new manufacturing facility in Pisary, Poland, dedicated to producing POLATIS® optical circuit switches (OCS) for AI and hypersca…

Floating Offshore Wind

Seanergy: France Must Beef-up Port Funding

At the Seanergy conference in Paris, Sandrine Gourlet, chair of the management board at the Port of La Rochelle, called on the French government to increase its…