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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

Japan to Test Rare-Earth Mining From Deep Seabed Mud

Japan will conduct a month-long test to extract rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed near Minamitorishima Island, a remote location about 1,900 kilometres s…

Electric Vehicles

XPENG Secures L3 Road Test License in Guangzhou, Accelerates Push Toward Higher Autonomy

On December 16, XPENG announced that it has received an L3 autonomous driving road test license in Guangzhou and initiated regular on-road testing of Level 3 ca…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Shares Jump as Musk Confirms Driverless Robotaxi Testing

Tesla shares reached their highest level in almost a year on Monday, following an announcement from CEO Elon Musk regarding the company's testing of robotax…

Italy

Webuild Group Reaches 94% Tunnel Excavation on Terzo Valico Project

Webuild Group has announced the completion of 86.5 km of tunnelling on the Terzo Valico dei Giovi high-speed rail project, representing 94% of the total planned…

Australia

Australia Exports 62,708T Canola in October

Australia exported 62,708 tonnes of canola in October 2025, a sharp decline from 158,849 tonnes shipped in September, according to the latest figures released b…

Netherlands

Pilot Plant to Assess Solvent-Based Process for Food-Safe HDPE Recycled Material

Alpla is developing a reliable method to produce food-safe high-density polyethylene (HDPE) recycled material using a patented solvent-based recycling process. …

Battery

World’s First High-Power Aluminum-Ion Battery System for Energy Storage

The INNOBATT research project, coordinated by Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology (IISB), has successfully developed and tested a …

Metal

BHP and Rio Tinto Welcome First Caterpillar Battery-Electric Haul Trucks to the Pilbara

Australia has received its first two Caterpillar 793 XE Early Learner battery-electric haul trucks at BHP's Jimblebar iron ore mine in Western Australia&rsq…

Hydropower Plant

China’s Qianjiangyuan Hydropower Station Begins Grid-Connected Operation

The Qianjiangyuan Hydropower Station, part of the Kaihua Reservoir project in Kaihua County, western Zhejiang Province, China, successfully connected to the gri…

Lithuania

Port of KlaipėDa Debuts Private 5G SA Network

Telia has successfully deployed and commissioned Lithuania's first private 5G Standalone (SA) network at the Port of Klaipėda. The network was officially l…

China

ZTE, China Unicom Launch 5G-A ISAC Private Network at Dalian Changhai Airport

ZTE, in collaboration with China Unicom Liaoning and Dalian Changhai Airport, has successfully launched and placed into stable operation a 5G-Advanced (5G-A) pr…

United Arab Emirates

Wynn Al Marjan Island Set to Reach Topping-Out Construction Milestone

Wynn Resorts has provided the latest progress report on Wynn Al Marjan Island, its first integrated resort in the United Arab Emirates. The development is locat…

Oil Field

UK Eases North Sea Oil and Gas Licensing for Existing Fields

The UK Government has adjusted its North Sea oil and gas licensing policy in the latest Budget, allowing new production licences where activities are tied to ex…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Czech sev.en to Shut Three Major Coal-Fired Power Plants by March 2027

Sev.en Energy Group announced on Wednesday that it will shut down its coal-fired power plants in the Czech Republic by December 2026, or March 2027 at the lates…