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Electric Vehicles

Tesla (TSLA) Slows Down in China Despite New Model Y Production

Tesla experienced a decline in sales and exports in China during April 2025, despite increased production of the updated Model Y at its Shanghai Gigafactory. Of…

Geothermal Drilling

Taipower to Conduct Exploratory Geothermal Drilling in Taichung, Taiwan

The Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) and the Taichung City Government have launched an exploratory drilling project to assess geothermal resources at the Guguan …

Metal

Sabre Resources Completes Ninghan Gold Project Sale to Capricorn Metals

Sabre Resources has finalized the sale of its Ninghan gold project tenements in Western Australia’s southern Murchison Region to Capricorn Metals for A$1.…

Crude Oil

Oman Considering $8 Billion Sale of Natural Gas Assets, Sources Say

Oman is exploring the sale of a minority stake in natural gas assets within Block 6, valued at approximately $8 billion, to raise funds for state finances and s…

Germany

Koppö Energia Selects Thyssenkrupp Uhde’s Green Methanol Technology

Thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) has announced that Koppö Energia Oy has selected its green methanol technology for the development of an e-metha…

CCS

Allseas on Offshore Pipelay Duty as Porthos Takes Over North Sea Gas Assets for CCS Revamp

Switzerland-based Allseas, a contractor specializing in offshore pipeline installation and subsea construction, has begun work on the Porthos project, a carbon …

Finland

Koppö Energia Selects Thyssenkrupp Uhde’s Green Methanol Technology

Thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH, based in Dortmund, Germany, has been selected by Koppö Energia Oy to provide its green methanol technology and conduct a Front End …

Electric Vehicles

China’s New-Energy Passenger Car Sales Surge in April

China’s new-energy passenger vehicle market maintained strong growth in April 2025, with retail sales reaching approximately 922,000 units, according to d…

Metal

Rio Tinto Extracts First Gallium at Quebec Refinery With Partner Indium

Rio Tinto, in collaboration with Indium Corporation, has successfully extracted primary gallium from bauxite processed at its Vaudreuil alumina refinery in Queb…

China

Jiangsu Ocean Shipping Orders Boxship Quartet

Jiangsu Ocean Shipping (JOSCO), a subsidiary of Jiangsu Port Group, has signed a contract with Jiangsu Soho Chuangke Shipbuilding in Yangzhou to construct four …

Nuclear Equipment

Metal Cutting Begins for Nuclear Icebreaker Stalingrad

Construction has begun on the seventh nuclear-powered icebreaker in Russia’s Project 22220 series, named Stalingrad, with the first metal cut at the Balti…

Electric Vehicles

Toyota Is ‘Reviewing’ Its Plans to Sell 1.5 Million EVs Next Year — Again

Toyota, the Japanese automaker, is reassessing its target of selling 1.5 million electric vehicles (EVs) annually by 2026 due to anticipated challenges from new…

Nuclear Reactor

First Concrete for US Advanced Reactor

Kairos Power has initiated nuclear safety-related concrete installation for the Hermes Low-Power Demonstration Reactor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, marking the star…

China

China’s Hengqin Port Reports 10-Millionth Passenger of This Year in Record Time

On May 7, 2025, Hengqin Port in Guangdong Province, South China, recorded its 10-millionth traveler of the year, a 32 percent increase compared to the same peri…

United Kingdom

European-First Semiconductor Facility Launches in Southampton

The University of Southampton has opened a new E-beam lithography facility, the second of its kind in the world and the first outside Japan. This cutting-edge f…