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Denmark

Jacobs and Rambøll Win Contract for Aarhus Tunnel

The Danish Road Directorate has engaged U.S. engineering firm Jacobs and Denmark’s Rambøll to support the construction of the Marselis Tunnel, a 2-…

Belgium

Construction Gets Underway to Provide Shore Power at Zeebrugge Cruise Terminal

On August 28, 2025, the Port of Antwerp-Bruges began construction of a shore power installation at the Zweedse Kaai cruise terminal in Zeebrugge, Belgium. The p…

Metal

Kyrgyzstan Begins Mining Gold at Kumtor Deposit After Nationalisation

On August 27, 2025, Kyrgyzstan launched underground gold mining operations at the Kumtor deposit, one of Central Asia’s largest gold reserves, located in …

Bulgaria

EU Soft Wheat Exports Fall by 48%

As of August 26, the European Union recorded soft wheat exports of 2.18 million tons for the 2025-2026 marketing season, a 48% decrease compared to the same per…

Italy

Digital Realty Breaks Ground on First Rome Data Centre

Digital Realty, a global provider of data centre solutions, has started construction on its first data centre in Rome, named ROM1. The facility, located in Ital…

Carbon Emissions

China’s Carbon Market to Introduce Absolute Emissions Caps From 2027

On Monday evening, China’s State Council announced plans to strengthen its carbon trading market by introducing absolute emissions caps in select industri…

United States

US Cancelling Another $175 Million in California High-Speed Rail Projects

On Tuesday, the U.S. Transportation Department announced the cancellation of $175 million in funding for four projects tied to California’s high-speed rail ini…

United Arab Emirates

Dubai’s RTA Awards Contract to Upgrade DACC Terminal 1 Access Bridge

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), in collaboration with Dubai Aviation City Corporation (DACC), has signed a contract to expand and upgrade the brid…

United States

Kao Corp. Completes New Tertiary Amine Facility in Texas

On August 22, 2025, Kao Corp., based in Tokyo, held an opening ceremony for its new tertiary amine production facility in Pasadena, Texas. With an annual produc…

China

Ethio Telecom, Huawei Expand Solar-On-Tower Deployment for Green Energy Transformation

Ethio Telecom, Ethiopia’s leading operator, together with Huawei, has announced the successful commercial deployment and stable operation of the first bat…

Wind Power Project

US Halts øRsted’s Revolution Wind Project Over Security Concerns

The US government has directed Ørsted, the Danish energy company, to suspend work on its offshore wind project, Revolution Wind, citing national security…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

China’s Commissioning of Coal Power at 9-Year High in First Half, Report Says

China commissioned 21 gigawatts (GW) of new coal power plant capacity in the first half of 2025, according to a report released on Monday by the Helsinki-based …

CCS

Norway’s Northern Lights CCS Project Starts Operations With First CO2 Injected

Norway has begun operations at the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, with the first volumes of carbon dioxide (CO2) successfully injecte…

United Kingdom

STRABAG Consortium Secures Contract for £3BN Water Project in UK

The consortium of STRABAG, Equitix, and GLIL Infrastructure has been awarded a contract by United Utilities to deliver the £3 billion ($4.02 billion) Hawe…

Ukraine

Ukraine Exported 2 Mln Tons of New Harvest Wheat

As of August 22 in the 2025/26 marketing year, exports of grain and leguminous crops from Ukraine reached 3.4 million tons, representing nearly half of the leve…