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United States

Port Freeport Receives New Super Post-Panamax Cranes

Port Freeport received two Super Post-Panamax Ship-to-Shore Gantry Cranes on 22 September, marking a major milestone in the port’s infrastructure expansio…

Oil Refinery

BPCL Secures Land for $11 Billion Refinery Project in Southern India

India’s state-run Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) will invest nearly $11 billion to construct a new refinery with a capacity of 180,000 to 240…

Coal Mine

US Postpones Wyoming Coal Lease Sale After Disappointing Montana Auction

The U.S. Interior Department announced on Wednesday that the Trump administration had postponed a planned sale of coal leases on federal lands in Wyoming, just …

Brazil

Brazil’s Petrobras Set to Supply 20% of Country’s Demand for Nitrogen Fertilizers in 2026

Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras announced that it will be able to supply about 20% of the nation’s nitrogen fertilizer demand next y…

Nuclear waste

Holtec Walks Away From Nuclear Waste Project in New Mexico

Private nuclear power company Holtec announced this week that it will withdraw from its planned nuclear waste storage project in New Mexico, despite a June ruli…

China

Corn Production in China Continues to Grow

China’s corn production for 2025/26 is projected at 298 million tonnes, up 3 million tonnes from 2024/25, supported by stable plantings and higher yields.…

Metal

Titan Mining Announces $120M Financing Interest From Exim for Graphite Project

Titan Mining Corporation has announced that the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) has expressed interest in providing up to $120 million in financi…

Saudi Arabia

Songwon Announces Investment to Establish Production Facility for Polymer Additives in Saudi Arabia

Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. (Ulsan, South Korea; www.songwon.com), a leading global manufacturer of polymer stabilizers, has announced a major investment to es…

United States

AMD and OpenAI Forge Strategic Partnership to Deploy 6GW of GPUs for AI Infrastructure

AMD and OpenAI have announced a multi-year, multi-generation strategic partnership, under which OpenAI will deploy six gigawatts of AMD GPUs to power its next-g…

Metal

Indonesia Shortens Mining Production Quotas to One Year

Indonesia has announced a revision to its mining production quota system, reducing the validity period from three years to one year, effective 3 October. The go…

Vietnam

Vard Starts Building Industry’s ‘First’ Energy Construction Vessel

Vard has commenced construction of Norwind Offshore’s first energy construction vessel (ECV) with a steel-cutting ceremony held on October 6 at the Vard V…

Wind Turbine

Envision Energy to Supply Turbines for Kazakhstan’s 1GW Mirny Wind Project

Envision Energy has announced a partnership for Kazakhstan’s 1GW Mirny Wind Farm, marking the country’s first large-scale renewable energy project. …

Biofuel

Indonesia on Course for B50 Biodiesel in 2026 to Lessen Gasoil Imports, Minister Says

Indonesia is advancing its plan to implement biodiesel with 50% palm oil-based biofuel, known as B50, as a mandatory blend starting in 2026. The initiative aims…

Metal

ReElement Announces Noblesville Refinery Expansion for Rare Earth Production

ReElement Technologies, a rare earth element (REE) and critical mineral refining company, has expanded its Noblesville facility by 141%, increasing the site to …

Ireland

Milliporesigma Opens Filtration Manufacturing Facility in Ireland

MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has inaugurated a €150 million filtration manufacturing facili…