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Lanzhou New Area Nengke Ecological Development Co., Ltd. - 100,000 Tons/Year Biomass Green Methanol Project in Lanzhou New Area, China Receives Environmental Impact Assessment Approval

On February 28, the Lanzhou New Area Ecological Environment Bureau conducted a review and public announcement for the environmental impact assessment documents …

Chile's BESS Paicaví Energy Storage Project Receives Environmental Approval, 150 MW Power to Boost Grid Stability

The Environmental Assessment Committee of the Metropolitan Region of Chile recently approved the Environmental Impact Declaration for the BESS Paicaví en…

Hindalco Invests to Expand Aluminum Smelting Capacity and Launches Battery Foil Production Line

Hindalco Industries, the metals business of India's Aditya Birla Group, has announced an investment of ₹210 billion to expand its aluminum smelter in Samba…

Dam

Norconsult Sweden Awarded Dam Safety Contract by Vattenfall

Norconsult Sweden has secured a contract from Vattenfall to perform seven dam safety assessments and fourteen detailed inspections across the utility's hydr…

SMR

GE Vernova Hitachi SMR Design Cleared for Use in UK

Regulators in Great Britain have concluded that GE Vernova Hitachi's BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) design is suitable for potential construction in t…

Metal

Codelco and Glencore Agree to Partner on Chilean Smelter Project

Chile's state-owned copper producer Codelco and Swiss-based mining and trading company Glencore have signed a preliminary agreement to jointly develop a new…

Metal

AIP Plans Sale or Listing of French Aluminium Plant, Union Says

American Industrial Partners (AIP), a U.S. investment firm, is preparing to sell or list France’s largest aluminium smelter, Aluminium Dunkerque, accordin…

China

COSCO Sells Vintage VLCC for Steep Discount

COSCO Shipping has sold the 2006-built, scrubber-fitted VLCC Cosgrand Lake (299,000 dwt) for around $35 million to undisclosed buyers, shipbrokers report.The Ja…

Metal

Trafigura’s Nyrstar Casts First Antimony at South Australia Plant

Nyrstar, the zinc and lead smelting subsidiary of Trafigura (NYR.BR), announced on Thursday that it has successfully commenced casting antimony metal at a new p…

Metal

Ethiopia Signs Agreement for Aluminum Plant With Rusal

Ethiopian Investment Holdings announced on Friday that it has signed a preliminary agreement with Rusal to develop a large-scale aluminum smelter plant in Ethio…

United Kingdom

Wienerberger Opens Concrete Tile Plant in Kent

Wienerberger UK & Ireland has commenced production of concrete tiles at its Smeed Dean brick works in Sittingbourne, Kent. The 7,800 sqm facility is the compan…

Metal

Glencore Plans to Shut Canada’s Largest Copper Metal Operation Over Costs

Glencore is reportedly planning to close its Horne smelter, Canada’s largest copper metal-producing facility, due to environmental challenges and the sign…

Metal

Ivanhoe Atlantic’s Guinea Iron Ore Project Moves Closer to Construction

Ivanhoe Atlantic has completed the environmental and social impact assessments (ESIA) for its Kon Kweni iron ore project in Guinea and submitted permit applicat…

China

Huawei Releases 4+10+N SME Intelligence Solutions, Powering the Last Mile of the Intelligent World

Huawei today unveiled a suite of new HUAWEI eKit 4+10+N SME Intelligence Solutions at the HUAWEI eKit Autumn Launch 2025 in Shanghai. Themed "Together for Growt…

Pumped Storage

SMEC to Oversee Second Phase of $2.57b Wawa Pumped Storage Project in the Philippines

SMEC, an engineering consultancy, was appointed as the Owner’s Engineer for Phase 2 of the 600MW Wawa pumped storage hydropower project in Rizal Province,…