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Electric Vehicles

Dutch Authority Rdw to Test Tesla's FSD in February

The Dutch vehicle authority RDW stated on Monday that it anticipates making a decision in February regarding Tesla's (TSLA.O) Full Self-Driving (FSD) softwa…

China

COSCO Sells Vintage VLCC for Steep Discount

COSCO Shipping has sold the 2006-built, scrubber-fitted VLCC Cosgrand Lake (299,000 dwt) for around $35 million to undisclosed buyers, shipbrokers report.The Ja…

Metal

Ethiopia Signs Agreement for Aluminum Plant With Rusal

Ethiopian Investment Holdings announced on Friday that it has signed a preliminary agreement with Rusal to develop a large-scale aluminum smelter plant in Ethio…

Wind Farm

RWE Secures Two Onshore Wind Projects in France

The French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) has released the results of its latest onshore wind tender, the tenth round under the PPE2 Multi-annual Energy Pro…

United States

Boeing Gets Nod to Start Next Phase of 777X Certification Trials

Boeing (BA.N) has received approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to begin the third of five major phases of certification flight tests fo…

Japan

Japan’s Rice Prices on Rise Again in Test for New Prime Minister

At a farmer’s market near Tokyo, more than 100 shoppers queued for the chance to buy Japanese rice at 500 yen ($3.32) per kilogram by carefully piling gra…

Nuclear Fuel

US Lab Begins TRISO Fuel Irradiation Test

X-energy has begun 13 months of irradiation testing for its TRISO-X fuel at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to assess performance under various operating condit…

Canada

Bombardier’s Global 8000 Jet Receives Certification From Transport Canada

Bombardier announced on Wednesday that its Global 8000 business jet has received certification from Transport Canada, marking a key milestone for what is expect…

United States

Apple Shares Rise as iPhone Holiday Sales Forecast Soothes Supply Woes

Apple’s shares rose about 2% in premarket trading on Friday after the company issued an optimistic forecast for the holiday quarter, indicating that strong dem…

United States

Amazon Shares Soar as Cloud Growth Beats Expectations

Amazon (AMZN.O) reported its fastest cloud revenue growth in nearly three years, lifting the company’s shares by 14% in after-hours trading and prompting …

Electric Vehicles

Waymo to Manually Test Autonomous Vehicles at Newark Airport

Alphabet's Waymo announced on Wednesday that it will start manual testing of its autonomous vehicles at Newark Liberty International Airport, a key transpor…

Indonesia

Indonesian Gran Urea Sold to Philippines

A regional trader has concluded a deal to sell 7,000 tons of granular urea to a Philippine importer at a price of US$400 per ton. The cargo will be shipped from…

Denmark

Maersk Tests Brazilian Ethanol Mix to Make Cleaner Maritime Fuel

Danish shipping company Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) announced on Monday that it is testing a new marine fuel blend composed of Brazilian ethanol, methanol, and marine d…

China

Nouryon Completes Metal Alkyls Capacity Expansion in China

Nouryon, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, has announced significant investments in China to meet rising demand for high-performance polymers and support its…

Finland

Nokia Launches Next-Gen 1830 PSS-hc Shelves to Boost Optical Network Efficiency

Nokia has announced the launch of its new carrier-grade 1830 Photonic Service Switch-High Capacity (PSS-hc) shelves, the latest addition to the widely deployed …