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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…

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…

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

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 …

United States

Energy Vault, PG&E Complete World’s First Ultra-Long-Duration Hybrid Battery +Hydrogen Energy-Storage Microgrid

Energy Vault Holdings Inc., a provider of grid-scale energy storage solutions, and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation, an…

Metal

Perpetua Resources in Talks With Mining Companies for Antimony Processing

Perpetua Resources has begun discussions with several companies, including Glencore, Trafigura, Clarios, Nyrstar, and Sunshine Silver, on potential partnerships…

Thermal Coal

Trump Administration to Expand Coal Leasing, Fund Coal Plant Upgrades

The Trump administration announced on Monday a plan to expand coal mine leasing on federal lands and allocate substantial funding to support coal-fired power ge…

United States

Werner Launches Ready Step Ladder for Jobsite Efficiency and Comfort

Werner, a leading manufacturer of ladders, has launched the Ready Step, a new line of lightweight, compact fiberglass step ladders designed for residential cont…

Metal

American Lithium Increases Falchani Project Investment to $847M-Report

Canada-based American Lithium has increased its investment in the Falchani lithium project in Puno, Peru, by 22%, bringing the total to $847 million. The decisi…

United States

Konecranes RTGs Boost Container Handling in Alabama

The Alabama Port Authority has ordered two Konecranes Rubber-Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes for its forthcoming Montgomery Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (IC…

United States

X-ELIO Starts up Renewable-Power Plant to Support BASF Freeport Operations

X-ELIO, a renewable energy developer based in Madrid, Spain, has commenced operations at its Liberty Energy Project in Dayton, Texas. The project integrates 72 …

United States

Designer Picked for $2Bn New York Subway Extension

Cowi, a Denmark-based design and engineering consultancy, has been selected as the lead designer for the second phase of New York City’s Second Avenue Sub…

United States

CSB Issues Final Report on 2024 Ammonia Release in Virginia

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released its final report on the July 31, 2024, anhydrous ammonia release at Cuisine Solutions, In…

United States

Formosa Plastics Commissions Largest Horizontal Polypropylene Reactor in North America

Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A., headquartered in Livingston, New Jersey, has successfully commissioned the largest horizontal polypropylene reactor in Nor…

Metal

US Government Seeks up to 10% Stake in Thacker Pass Lithium Project

The US government is reportedly negotiating to acquire up to a 10% equity stake in Lithium Americas as part of a revision of the company’s $2.26 billion (…