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Germany

EU Unveils Ambitious Plan to Supercharge High-Speed Rail by 2040

The European Commission has unveiled a comprehensive plan to transform rail travel across the EU, aiming to halve journey times on key routes and position high-…

Argentina

Argentina Hikes Biofuel Prices for Domestic Market

The Argentine government has increased biofuel prices for mandatory blending with fossil fuels in the domestic market, according to resolutions released in the …

Biorefinery

Petronas, Enilive, Euglena Start Construction of New Biorefinery in Malaysia

A joint venture between Malaysia’s Petronas (PETR.KL), Italy’s Eni (ENI.MI) through its biofuel subsidiary Enilive, and Japan’s Euglena (2931.…

LNG

Baker Hughes to Supply Alaska LNG Project With Key Equipment

Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes (BKR.O) will supply major equipment for the proposed Alaska LNG project, which aims to construct a pipeline and export t…

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…

Metal

New Tailings Approved for Victoria’s Biggest Gold Mine

The Victorian government has approved a new tailings storage facility at Fosterville, the state’s largest gold mine, ensuring continued operations and sup…

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 Kingdom

Wienerberger Opens Concrete Tile Plant in Kent

Wienerberger UK & Ireland has commenced production of concrete tiles at its Smeed Dean brick works in Sittingbourne, Kent. The 7,800 sqm facility is the compan…

United States

Syensqo, Bell Join Forces to Industrialize Composite Part Manufacture

Syensqo, based in Alpharetta, Georgia, and Bell Textron Inc., headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, have announced a collaboration aimed at accelerating the indus…

Germany

AST Spacemobile, Vodafone Launch Satellite Operations Centre in Germany

AST SpaceMobile, the developer of the world’s first space-based cellular broadband network directly accessible by standard smartphones, and Vodafone Group…

Oil Shale

Total Production of China’s Largest Shale Oil Base Hits 20 Million Tons

China’s largest shale oil production base, the Changqing Oilfield in Northwest China’s Gansu Province, has achieved a cumulative output exceeding 20…

United Kingdom

New ‘Homogenously Mixed’ Recycled Plastic Technology Trialled in UK Asphalt for First Time

North Lanarkshire Council has become the first in the UK to trial a new technology that homogenously mixes recycled plastic into asphalt, aiming to reduce bitum…

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…

Wind Turbine

Inox Wind Secures New Turbine Generator Supply Orders of 229MW

Inox Wind, a leading Indian wind energy solutions provider, has secured new wind orders totaling 229 MW, strengthening its project pipeline and reinforcing its …