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United Kingdom

UK Seeks to Extend Ban on Bottom Trawling Fishing in English Seas

The British government announced on Monday a proposal to expand restrictions on bottom trawling to safeguard marine ecosystems, following appeals from naturalis…

Geothermal Power Project

Tohoku, Mitsubishi Eye Deep Geothermal Tech for Japan

Tohoku Electric Power and Mitsubishi Corporation have teamed up with Quaise Energy, a U.S.-based company, to investigate deep geothermal drilling technology in …

Monaco

Monaco Telecom Debuts GenAI Virtual Assistant Developed by Altores

Monaco Telecom has introduced a new virtual assistant powered by generative artificial intelligence, developed in collaboration with Altores, a startup nurtured…

United Kingdom

Wates Wins $148.9m Victoria Tower Refurbishment Contract in UK

Wates, a UK-based construction and property maintenance firm, has secured a £110.6 million ($148.9 million) contract to refurbish the historic Victoria To…

United States

Vero Fiber Expands Central Oregon Network With Bendtel Acquisition

Vero Broadband, operating under the name Vero Fiber (Vero), has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BendTel, a long-standing telecom provider based i…

Metal

Blue Jay Gold Acquires Skukum Gold Project in Canada From Tincorp Metals

Blue Jay Gold has agreed to acquire Whitehorse Gold, a Tincorp Metals subsidiary owning the Skukum Gold Project in Yukon, Canada. The deal is set to close in th…

Nuclear Decommissioning

UK Parliament Committee Calls for Speedier Sellafield Clean-up

The UK House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has expressed concerns over the GBP136 billion (USD184 billion) cost of decommissioning the Sellafield nuclear…

Nuclear Reactor

Approval of Westinghouse Test Microreactor Progresses

Westinghouse has received U.S. Department of Energy approval for its eVinci microreactor’s Preliminary Safety Design Report, becoming the first microreact…

Brazil

Brazil’s Poultry Exports Fell in May, Hit by Bird Flu Case

Brazil’s poultry exports saw a significant decline in May compared to last year, government data revealed on Thursday, due to trade restrictions following…

Gas Pipeline

Canadian Regulator Says Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Pipeline Project Has Started

British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Office announced on Thursday that the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) natural gas pipeline project has a…

Wave Energy

Eco Wave Power Secures Grid Access for 1MW Wave Energy Project in Porto

Eco Wave Power Global AB has achieved a significant milestone in its inaugural Portuguese project by paying half of the grid connection fee for a planned 1MW wa…

United Kingdom

Robotic House-Building Start-up Secures £5.1m

Automated Architecture (Auar), a UK-based construction technology company, has secured £5.1 million in funding to advance its robotic pop-up micro-factory…

Metal

Greenridge Exploration Acquires Raven Uranium Project in Saskatchewan, Canada

Greenridge Exploration has acquired the Raven Uranium Project in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada, through cost-effective staking without underlying ro…

Nuclear Decommissioning

Turbine Hall Demolished at Sizewell A

Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) has completed the demolition of the turbine hall and adjacent structures at the decommissioned Sizewell A nuclear power plant…

Offshore Wind Power

Japan Opens Exclusive Economic Zone for Offshore Wind

On June 3, Japan’s House of Representatives passed a bill enabling offshore wind projects in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), beyond the…