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Australia

South Africa’s Harmony Gold to Invest up to $1.75 Billion in Australian Copper Project

Harmony Gold (HARJ.J) announced on Monday that its board has approved an investment of between $1.55 billion and $1.75 billion to develop the Eva Copper project…

Metal

BHP Abandons Anglo American Approach, Says Own Growth Plan Compelling

BHP Group announced on Monday that it has ended preliminary discussions with Anglo American regarding a possible business combination and is no longer pursuing …

India

India Records Highest Foodgrain Production Increase in a Decade

India has achieved its highest foodgrain production growth in a decade, with total output for the 2024–25 crop year reaching 357.73 million tonnes, an inc…

Natural Gas

Egypt Selects Hartree Partners for $4 Billion Natural Gas Deal, Deputy Secretary of State Landau Says

Egypt has chosen U.S.-based energy company Hartree Partners to supply natural gas under a framework agreement valued at approximately $4 billion, U.S. Deputy Se…

Germany

BASF and ExxonMobil Collaborate on Methane Pyrolysis Technology

BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and ExxonMobil (Houston, Texas) announced on Monday a strategic collaboration to advance methane pyrolysis technology, a step towar…

Photovoltaic （PV）

First Solar to Open Gaffney Production Facility in South Carolina, US

First Solar announced plans on Monday to build a new production facility in Gaffney, South Carolina, with an investment of around $330 million. The plant is sch…

Smart Grid

Shanghai Electric and Siemens to Drive Green Digital Power Grid Transformation

Shanghai Electric and Siemens signed a framework agreement on Monday at the 8th China International Import Expo to accelerate the green digital transformation o…

France

EDF, OpCore to Develop 4-Billion-Euro Data Centre in France

French utility EDF and OpCore, a joint venture formed by telecoms group Iliad and InfraVia Capital Partners, announced on Monday that they have entered into exc…

Spain

Spain Aims to Cut Madrid-Barcelona High Speed Rail Time to Under Two Hours, Minister Says

Spain announced plans on Monday to renovate the high-speed rail network between Madrid and Barcelona, aiming to raise the maximum operating speed to 350 kph (21…

Electric Vehicles

Australia’s Syrah Resources, Tesla to Further Extend Graphite Supply Deal Deadline

Syrah Resources, listed as SYR.AX in Australia, announced on Monday that it has reached an agreement with Tesla, traded as TSLA.O, to postpone the resolution pe…

France

Airbus Says Middle East Regional Aircraft to More Than Double by 2044

Airbus projects that the aircraft fleet in the Middle East will expand significantly, reaching approximately 3,700 units by 2044, according to a statement relea…

Natural Gas

ConocoPhillips Says It Finds Gas Offshore Australia

ConocoPhillips, a major energy company listed as COP.N, announced on Monday that it has encountered natural gas deposits during its initial exploration efforts …

LNG

Jade Secures Preliminary Funding Deal for Mongolian CBM-To-LNG Project

Zhengzhou Langrun Intelligent Equipment Co Ltd has signed a non-binding letter of intent to provide up to USD 46 million (AUD 70 million) in financing for a coa…

Metal

Lithium Argentina and Ganfeng Outline Plan for 150 000 T/Y PPG Project

Lithium Argentina and Ganfeng Lithium have reported positive results from a scoping study for their integrated Pozuelos–Pastos Grandes (PPG) lithium brine…

India

India’s Power Giant NTPC Plans to Enter Coal Gasification Business

India’s state-run power producer NTPC (NTPC.NS) plans to enter the coal gasification sector with a goal of producing 5–10 million tonnes of syntheti…