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United States

U.S. High Concrete Group Plans Expansion of Springboro Concrete Plant

High Concrete Group in the U.S. is seeking to rezone the land at its Springboro, Ohio plant in order to expand the concrete facility. Local media reports indica…

United States

Intel Completes Sale of $5 Billion Worth of Common Stock to Nvidia

Intel completed the sale of 214.8 million shares of common stock to Nvidia on December 26, 2025, for $5 billion. The shares were priced at $23.28 per share. Thi…

Metal

Silver Prices Plunge Sharply, Marking Largest Single-Day Drop in Years; Gold Prices Also Retreat from Highs

Silver prices experienced a significant correction on Monday, recording their largest single-day drop since 2021. Spot silver prices retreated from their histor…

China

China's Hazardous Chemicals Safety Law Officially Passed! Effective from May 1, 2026, Here Are the Changes

Major news has just come from the 19th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress – on December 27, the meeting voted to…

China

Horgos Port Sees Sustained Growth in Import and Export Cargo Volume in First 11 Months of This Year

This year, as a core hub for China's westward opening-up, Horgos Port has maintained a sustained growth trend in its import and export cargo volume. Accordi…

Sweden

Sweden Moves to Roll Out Grading Standard for Sheep Wool

Sweden has launched a new grading standard to assess the quality of sheep wool, becoming the latest European country to implement such a system. It joins Norway…

Metal

Codelco, SQM Seal Lithium Venture in Chile’s Atacama Desert

Chile’s state-owned copper producer Codelco and lithium company SQM have completed a major agreement to form a joint venture focused on lithium extraction…

United Arab Emirates

Raimondi Installs Six Flat-Top Cranes for Arada’s Megacity in Sharjah

Raimondi Middle East has successfully erected six flat-top tower cranes at the Aljada master community project in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The installatio…

Photovoltaic （PV）

China Solar Buildout in Nov Is Highest in 6 Months

China added approximately 22 gigawatts of new solar power capacity in November, marking the highest monthly total in six months, according to data released by t…

Electric Vehicles

CATL Teams up With Xiamen C&D Group to Accelerate Global Expansion, Industrial Innovation

CATL announced on December 26 through its WeChat official account that it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Xiamen C&D Group. The partnership ai…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Turkey Says Russia Gave It $9 Billion in New Financing for Akkuyu Nuclear Plant

Turkey's Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced that Russia has provided new financing of $9 billion for the Akkuyu nuclear power plant. The facility…

LNG

Australia’s Woodside Signs Binding LNG Supply Deal With Turkey’s Botas

Australia's Woodside Energy announced on Monday that it has entered into a binding supply agreement with Turkey's state-owned petroleum company BOTAS. T…

United States

Alphabet to Acquire Intersect for $4.75bn in AI Push

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Intersect, a provider of data center and energy infrastructure soluti…

Greece

Thessalonika Road and Rail Transport Corridor

Greece, Bulgaria, and Romania have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance cross-border cooperation on transport infrastructure. The agreement was final…

United States

Matan Finalises Full-Building Lease for Northlake II Industrial Park Last Phase

Matan Companies has completed a fully binding lease agreement for the final phase of the Northlake II industrial park in Ashland, Virginia. DPR Construction wil…