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Metal

Putin Orders Government to Provide Plan to Develop Rare Earths by November

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Friday that he has directed the government to prepare a program for the development of rare earth metals, with a d…

United States

Skanska Secures $73M Contract for Longwood University’s New Arts Centre

Skanska has signed a contract with Longwood University for the construction of a new performing arts centre in Farmville, Virginia, replacing the existing Wygal…

Wind Power Project

Envision, Yildizlar Form Turkish Wind Alliance

Envision Energy has entered into a 232MW wind power partnership with Yildizlar Group in Turkey, focusing on the development of a wind farm project in Karaman. T…

United States

Skanska Secures $67M Contract to Construct New Substation in US

Swedish construction company Skanska has signed a contract with the Trust for Governors Island to build a new electrical substation on Governors Island in New Y…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Italy Allocates 1.72 GW in Rooftop PV Tender for Agricultural Firms

Italian energy agency Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE) has released the results of the agrisolar tender managed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Soverei…

Metal

Arizona Sonoran Secures Additional Acreage to Support Cactus Project in Arizona

Arizona Sonoran Copper announced the acquisition of 2,123 acres of private land in Arizona, US, to advance the development of its Cactus Project. The purchase w…

Wind Farm

US Plans to Revoke Approval of Another Massachusetts Offshore Wind Farm

The administration of President Donald Trump is preparing to revoke federal approval of Avangrid’s planned New England Wind project off the coast of Massa…

Biofuel

Shell Scraps Plans for Biofuels Facility in Rotterdam

Shell (SHEL.L) announced on Wednesday that it will not resume construction of a biofuels facility at its Shell Energy and Chemicals Park in Rotterdam. The decis…

Oman

SOHAR Port and Freezone’s Container Terminal to Get Shore Power Infrastructure

SOHAR Port and Freezone, a major deep-sea port and free zone in Oman, has signed a development agreement with Oman’s Moonrock Research and Development and…

Hydrogen Project

German and Korean Institutes Expand Cooperation in Hydrogen Safety

The German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) and the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) signed a memor…

Germany

German Seaports Eye Defense Funding to Build Infrastructure

The Central Association of German Seaport Operators (ZDS) has urged German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius to allocate resources from the expanding defense bud…

Tajikistan

How the World’s Tallest Dam Is Shaping up in Tajikistan

Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon visited the Rogun hydropower dam construction site this week, urging the main contractor, Italy’s Webuild, to …

Metal

KoBold Metals Receives Seven Permits for Lithium Exploration in DRC

KoBold Metals, backed by prominent investors including Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, has obtained seven exploration permits in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR…

Nuclear Fuel

Tepco to Remove Fuel From Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 7

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has announced plans to remove nuclear fuel from unit 7 at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture,…

Dam

France Strikes EU Deal to Unlock Hydro Investment

France has reached an agreement with the European Commission to resolve two long-standing disputes, enabling renewed investment in hydroelectric power after ove…