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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…

Indonesia

Indonesia Blocks Illegal CPO Export Worth Rp 28.7 Billion

Indonesia’s Finance Ministry and National Police have intercepted an illegal export attempt involving crude palm oil derivatives valued at Rp 28.7 billion…

Australia

Qantas Eases Throttle on Domestic Outlook, Trims First-Half Domestic Revenue Forecast

Australian flag carrier Qantas Airways (QAN.AX) on Friday lowered its first-half 2026 domestic unit revenue forecast and raised its fuel cost projection, citing…

Metal

Prairie Lithium Begins Construction on North America’s Largest DLE Facility

Prairie Lithium (ASX: PL9) has begun construction of what it describes as the largest direct lithium extraction (DLE) facility in North America, located in Sask…

Canada

Bombardier’s Global 8000 Jet Receives Certification From Transport Canada

Bombardier announced on Wednesday that its Global 8000 business jet has received certification from Transport Canada, marking a key milestone for what is expect…

Electric Vehicles

EV Maker Lucid Cuts 2025 Production Forecast as Supply Challenges Hurt

Lucid Group lowered its 2025 vehicle production forecast to 18,000 units, interim CEO Marc Winterhoff said on Wednesday, as the U.S.-based electric vehicle manu…

Japan

Avantium’s Plant-Based PDF Cleared for Recycling in Japan’s Pet Bottle System

Avantium, the Dutch renewable and circular polymer specialist, has secured approval in Japan for recycling its plant-based plastic releaf, a polyethylene furano…

United States

Amazon’s $38 Billion OpenAI Deal Shows It Is No Longer an AI Laggard

Amazon’s $38 billion cloud agreement with OpenAI marks a major milestone for the company’s cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services (AWS), following rece…

Romania

Romania to Set Up Fund for Critical Flood Infrastructure

Romania will establish an infrastructure fund dedicated to flood prevention and response, aiming to meet European Union requirements for unlocking recovery fund…

United States

Simon Property Group Raises Annual Real Estate Ffo Forecast on Resilient Leasing Demand

Commercial real estate investment trust Simon Property Group raised its full-year forecast for real estate funds from operations (FFO) on Monday, citing continu…

Oil Refinery

Exxon Explores More Refinery Upgrades as It Hones in on Higher-Value Products

Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) is exploring further opportunities to upgrade its refining and chemical operations after launching four new projects this year, an executive…

Hydrogen Production

HiiROC and Agile Energy Unite to Advance Hydrogen Production in Scotland

HiiROC, a UK-based hydrogen production company, has partnered with Agile Energy Recovery Limited, a developer of low-carbon energy parks, to explore deploying H…

Metal

Angola Diamond Production Totals 10.7mct in January-September

Angola’s rough diamond production reached 10.7 million carats in the first nine months to September 2025, a government official announced on Friday, as th…

United States

Apple Shares Rise as iPhone Holiday Sales Forecast Soothes Supply Woes

Apple’s shares rose about 2% in premarket trading on Friday after the company issued an optimistic forecast for the holiday quarter, indicating that strong dem…

Coal Trade

Adani Power Emerges as Lowest Bidder for 3.2 GW Coal Tender in India’s Assam State

India’s Adani Power has been selected as the lowest bidder for a 3.2-gigawatt (GW) coal-based power supply tender issued by the northeastern state of Assa…