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United States

Balfour Beatty Secures $889M Reconstruction Contract for I-30 in Texas

Balfour Beatty, an infrastructure group, has secured an $889 million contract from the Texas Department of Transportation to rebuild a 3.7km section of Intersta…

Japan

NEC Claims Japan’s Longest Wireless Optical Data Link With 10KM Test

NEC Corporation has successfully conducted Japan’s longest terrestrial free-space optical (FSO) communication, achieving a distance exceeding 10 kilometer…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Cooling Tower Work Begins at Leningrad 7

Construction of a ring foundation for an evaporative cooling tower has started at the site of unit 7 of the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), also referred t…

Hydropower Plant

EDF Signs Agreement for Volobe Hydroelectric Project in Madagascar

On the occasion of French President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to Madagascar, EDF, a leading energy company, signed an agreement to develop, construct,…

Metal

Trump Signs Executive Order to Expedite Seabed Mineral Exploration

US President Donald Trump has signed an Executive Order to accelerate the exploration and development of seabed minerals, aiming to strengthen domestic supply c…

Belgium

Total Energies’ Antwerp Platform to Reconfigure Petrochemicals Operations

Total Energies’ Antwerp platform, a cornerstone of its operations for over 75 years, has announced plans to enhance its petrochemical operations to boost …

Coal Mine

India Introduces Incentives to Promote Underground Coal Mining

India’s Ministry of Coal has launched new incentives to encourage underground coal mining, aiming to modernize the coal sector and promote sustainable pra…

United States

Cruise Ship Boom Fuels New Records for Port Canaveral

Port Canaveral in Central Florida has achieved record-breaking passenger volumes in its current fiscal year, driven by the thriving cruise ship industry. March …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Pakistan Marks Official Acceptance of Karachi 3

Officials from Pakistan and China participated in a ceremony to mark the official acceptance of Unit 3 at the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Sindh provinc…

Kazakhstan

Sunflower Sowing in Kazakhstan to Increase to 1.4 Mln Ha

Kazakhstan plans to expand its oilseed crop area to 3.3 million hectares in 2025, with sunflower crops increasing by 121,200 hectares to reach 1.4 million hecta…

Solar Power Plant

Recurrent Opens Louisiana PV Plant

Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar, has launched the Bayou Galion Solar project, a 127MWdc photovoltaic facility in Morehouse Parish, northeast Lo…

United States

Intel’s Modest Q1 Masks Deeper Struggles With $821M Loss

Intel reported a mixed performance for the first quarter of 2025, achieving a slight profit on an adjusted basis but recording a net loss of $821 million, highl…

China

Global Grain Markets React to China’s Curtailment of Wheat Imports

The global wheat trade is projected to decrease significantly in the 2024/2025 season, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimating a 9% reduction …

Solar project

Grenergy Signs Chilean PV PPA

Grenergy, a renewable energy company, has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Chile’s National Copper Corporation, Codelco, to supply sol…

Crude Oil

US Eases Downhole Commingling Policy to Boost Oil Production

The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) has revised its policy to increase the allowable pressure differential for single-wellbore oil production fro…