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Metal

China Imposes New Export Restrictions on Rare Earths, Escalates Trade Tensions

China has implemented export controls on seven additional rare earth elements, including yttrium, dysprosium, and terbium, essential for technologies like jet e…

Electric Vehicles

Leapmotor’s Cumulative Vehicle Deliveries Surpass 700,000 Units

Leapmotor, a prominent new energy vehicle (NEV) manufacturer, has recently achieved significant milestones in its sales and product lineup. Cumulative vehicle d…

LNG

Mubadala Energy Buys 24% Stake in Kimmeridge, Marking Its First Major U.S. LNG Investment

Mubadala Energy, based in Abu Dhabi, has recently acquired a 24.1% stake in SoTex HoldCo LLC, a company owned by Kimmeridge, an energy-focused alternative asset…

Pumped Storage

SSE Seeks Approval to Convert Sloy Plant to Pumped Storage

On April 9, 2025, SSE Renewables submitted a Section 36 planning application to the Scottish Government to transform the Sloy Power Station near Loch Lomond int…

Carbon Capture

MAN 175D Engines Selected for Carbon Capture Storage Application

The Royal Niestern Sander shipyard in the Netherlands has secured a contract to supply two MAN 16V175D MEM engines, each delivering 2,400 kWm at 1,800 rpm, for …

SMR

Proposal for Norwegian SMR Power Plant Progresses

In November 2023, Norsk Kjernekraft proposed constructing a power plant with multiple small modular reactors (SMRs) in Norway’s Taftøy industrial p…

Nuclear Reactor

Concreting of Pallas Foundation Under Way

Construction of the Pallas research reactor in Petten, the Netherlands, has progressed with the recent start of concrete pouring for the reactor building’…

Norway

Equinor Forms New Unit to Capitalise on Soaring Power Demand

Norway’s Equinor announced plans to integrate its renewables business with its gas-to-power plants and energy storage assets. This strategic shift aims to…

Nuclear Fusion

F4E Completes Cryopump Delivery for ITER Reactor

Fusion for Energy (F4E) has successfully delivered eight torus and cryostat cryopumps to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), currently …

Oil Price

Texas Shale Industry Voices Frustrations With Trump as Oil Prices Tank

At the Permian Basin Petroleum Association’s Spring Swing golf tournament in Odessa, West Texas, oil industry leaders expressed frustration beyond the gam…

Geothermal Drilling

Geothermal Exploration Drilling to Start in Magglingen, Switzerland by 2027

Exploratory drilling for the Magglingen geothermal project in Switzerland is set to begin by the end of 2027. The initiative aims to assess whether deep water s…

Metal

Chile’s Antofagasta Predicts Strong Copper Demand Despite Tariff Uncertainty

In 2024, Ivan Arriagada, CEO of Chilean mining company Antofagasta, addressed the impact of recent U.S. tariffs on metal demand, particularly copper. He noted t…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Production Starts of Paks 6 Reactor Vessel

The manufacturing of components for the reactor pressure vessel of unit six at Hungary’s Paks nuclear power plant, part of the Paks II project, has starte…

CCS

Flying Colors as UK’s First CO2 Injection Test Crosses Finish Line

A partnership between Perenco UK, Carbon Catalyst, and Harbour Energy has successfully completed the UK’s first CO2 injection test at a carbon capture and…

Gas turbine engine

Musk’s XAI Increased Tennessee Gas Turbines Without Permits, Community Groups Say

Elon Musk’s xAI has significantly increased the number of gas turbines at its Tennessee data center, nearly doubling the previously known count and exceed…