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Hydropower Plant

China’s High-Altitude Hydropower Station Generates 3.5-Billion-KWh of Power in 1 Year

The Maerdang Hydropower Station, situated on the upper reaches of the Yellow River in Qinghai Province, northwest China, celebrated one year since its first uni…

SMR

First Main Pump for Chinese SMR Shipped

The first of four main pumps for China's ACP100 small modular reactor demonstration project has passed factory acceptance tests and has been shipped to the …

Metal

Helix Resources to Acquire Copper-Gold Tenements in Arizona, US

Helix Resources, an Australian minerals exploration company, has recently entered into binding agreements with Centric Minerals Management and White Hills Explo…

Solar project

Avangrid’s 238MWac Solar Facility in Texas Begins Operations

Iberdrola Group subsidiary Avangrid has commenced commercial operations of its True North solar project in the US state of Texas.The facility is equipped with m…

Metal

Terra Metals’ Confirms High-Grade Concentrates at Dante Project in Australia

Terra Metals has reported outcomes from the first phase of metallurgical test-work at the Dante copper-gold-platinum group metals project in Western Australia.T…

Electricity Transmission

Zambia’s CEC to Invest $500 Million in Power Projects to Increase Transmission

Zambia's Copperbelt Energy Corp. (CECZ.LZ),will invest $500 million over the next two years to increase its solar power output and double the capacity of a …

Hydropower Plant

EIB Supports Ebensee Hydropower Expansion in Upper Austria

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a €320 million loan for the construction of the Ebensee pumped storage power plant in Upper Austria. Energi…

Metal

Tariff Risk Unleashes Record Copper Shipments Bound for U.S. Ports

The U.S. is about to be flooded with a massive wave of copper as a worldwide dash to front-run potential tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump comes to a head.…

Metal

Sun Summit Secures Option to Acquire Toodoggone Mining District in Canada

Canadian mineral exploration company Sun Summit Minerals has entered into an option agreement with Eagle Plains Resources to acquire up to a 100% interest in th…

Net Zero

UK Opposition Leader Drops Support for 2050 ‘Net Zero’ Climate Target

Britain's 2050 target for cutting overall greenhouse emissions to zero "is impossible" and must be dropped, the leader of the main opposition party said on …

Metal

Prospect Resources Secures Licences for Mumbezhi Copper Production in Zambia

Australian exploration and development company Prospect Resources has been granted two large-scale mining licences (LMLs) for its flagship Mumbezhi copper proje…

Metal

Troilus Gold Secures $700M Financing Deal for Troilus Gold-Copper Project in Canada

Troilus Gold has secured a mandate with a syndicate of global lenders including Societe Generale, KfW IPEX-Bank and Export Development Canada for a project fina…

Metal

India Launches First Critical Minerals Exploration Licences Auction

The Indian Ministry of Mines has initiated the country’s first-ever auction of exploration licences in Goa, a significant step in unlocking the country’s unta…

Metal

Panama Authorizes Copper Concentrate Exports From Shuttered First Quantum Mine

Panama has authorized the sale of copper concentrate at First Quantum's (FM.TO), shuttered Cobre Panama mine, President Jose Raul Mulino said on Thursday, b…

Metal

Oceanagold’s Waihi North Project Seeks Fast-Track Approvals in New Zealand

Canada-based gold and copper producer OceanaGold has submitted an application for fast-track approvals for its Waihi North Project (WNP), a proposed underground…