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China

World’s Longest Expressway Tunnel to Open to Traffic in Xinjiang by Year-End

The Tianshan Shengli Tunnel, recognized as the world's longest expressway tunnel at 22.13 kilometers, is scheduled to open to traffic by the end of 2025. Th…

Australia

Australia’s First Timber Fire Station Wins International Prize

The Queensland Fire and Emergency Services North Coast Region Headquarters and Maryborough Fire and Rescue Station in Australia has received the Public Infrastr…

Brazil

Soybean Exports From Brazil Are Accelerating

Brazil has recorded a substantial rise in soybean exports during the early part of December 2025, according to data from the Secretariat of Foreign Trade (SECEX…

HVDC

Xizang’s First Ultra-High Voltage Power Link Begins Operations

A converter station situated at an elevation of 3,720 meters successfully completed a 168-hour trial operation on Thursday. This achievement marks the commencem…

SMR

Samsung Wins Approval for Floating SMR

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has developed a conceptual design for a floating offshore nuclear power platform that can accommodate various small modular react…

Canada

Mantel Scales up Molten-Borate Carbon Capture With Commercial-Scale FEED Study

Mantel Capture, a specialist in energy-efficient carbon capture solutions, has launched a front-end engineering design (FEED) study for a commercial-scale carbo…

Metal

Silver Price Surpasses $66 for First Time

Spot silver advanced significantly on Wednesday, reaching a new all-time high above $66 per ounce for the first time. The metal climbed as much as 4% to $66.50 …

Electric Vehicles

XPENG Secures L3 Road Test License in Guangzhou, Accelerates Push Toward Higher Autonomy

On December 16, XPENG announced that it has received an L3 autonomous driving road test license in Guangzhou and initiated regular on-road testing of Level 3 ca…

Electricity Transmission

Hitachi Energy Secures SSEN Transmission Contract for HV DC Converter Stations

Hitachi Energy has obtained contracts from SSEN Transmission to provide high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations for two significant subsea cable c…

China

China at 2025 Having Harvested a Record Crop of Grains

China's National Bureau of Statistics reported on Friday that the country's grain output for 2025 reached a record 714.88 million tonnes, marking a 1.2%…

Wind Turbine

GE Vernova Lands 85MW Romanian Turbine Deal

GE Vernova has secured a new contract with PPC Renewables to deliver fourteen 6MW-158m onshore wind turbines for a wind farm located in Vaslui county, eastern R…

United States

Southwest CEO Expects Boeing Max 7 to Be Certified Around August 2026

Southwest Airlines now anticipates that the Boeing 737 MAX 7, the smallest member of the MAX family, will receive type certification around August 2026, with en…

Metal

Chile Raises Mining Investment Forecast Through 2034 to $105 Billion

Chile's mining sector is projected to attract $104.549 billion in investments between 2025 and 2034, the state copper agency Cochilco announced on Thursday.…

Natural Gas

Senegal Plans to Nationalise Kosmos-Run Yakaar-Teranga Gas Project

Senegal intends to nationalize the Yakaar-Teranga gas field, one of the largest discoveries globally in recent years, to prioritize supplying natural gas for do…

Japan

Shimizu Port Reports 472,094 TEUs Through January–November

The Port of Shimizu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, recorded a preliminary total of 34,683 TEUs of international container throughput in November, reflec…