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Metal

Indonesia to Levy Gold Export Duties From December 23

Indonesia will impose export duties on gold products starting December 23, according to a regulation published on the Finance Ministry website on Wednesday. The…

Japan

Shimizu Port Reports 472,094 TEUs Through January–November

The Port of Shimizu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, recorded a preliminary total of 34,683 TEUs of international container throughput in November, reflec…

Electric Vehicles

Kargobot.ai, Horizon Robotics Forge Strategic Alliance to Scale L4 Autonomous Trucking in China

KargoBot.ai and Horizon Robotics have formed a strategic partnership to accelerate the commercialization of Level-4 autonomous heavy-duty trucks in China. The t…

China

Chinese-Kazakh Hybrid Wheat Variety Helps Kazakhstan Achieve Bumper Harvests

A high-yield hybrid wheat variety developed through joint research by scientists from China and Kazakhstan is contributing to stronger harvests in Kazakhstan, a…

China

China’s BYD Plots Marine Push in Tie-up With Corvus

China's BYD, the world's fourth-largest automobile manufacturer, is expanding into the maritime sector through a new strategic partnership in marine ene…

Metal

Greenland Approves 30-Year Mining Permit for EU-Backed Graphite Project

GreenRoc Mining Plc, a London-listed company, has been granted a 30-year exploitation licence by the Government of Greenland for the Amitsoq graphite project in…

Natural Gas

Italy’s Eni Discovers Major Gas Reserves off Borneo in Indonesia

Italian energy company Eni announced on Tuesday that it has made a significant natural gas discovery in the Kutei Basin, approximately 50 kilometers off the eas…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla’s Gigafactory Shanghai Rolls Out Its 4 Millionth Vehicle as Production Tempo Accelerates

Tesla announced on December 8, 2025 that Gigafactory Shanghai has manufactured its four millionth vehicle, reaching the milestone just 14 months after producing…

United States

NextEra, Google Accelerate US Data Center Build-Out With New Deals

U.S. utility NextEra Energy and Google Cloud, a unit of Alphabet, announced on Monday an expanded partnership to develop new electricity generation capacity acr…

Carbon Capture

Britain Launches Second Carbon Capture Licensing Round

On Tuesday, the United Kingdom opened its second carbon capture and storage licensing round, offering 14 offshore areas with a combined potential storage capaci…

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. …

Solar Power Plant

Denmark’s Second Largest PV Plant Goes Online

Alight has officially commissioned the 215 MW Lidsø solar park in Lolland municipality, southern Denmark. The facility is currently the second-largest so…

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 …

Malawi

Huaxin Cement Launches Us$100M Integrated Plant in Malawi

A new US$100 million integrated cement plant has officially opened in Balaka, southern Malawi, marking one of the country's largest industrial investments i…

Spain

World-First Pilot Plant in Catalonia Will 3D Print Ceramic Parts for Solid-Oxide Cells

The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), based in Tarragona, Spain, has launched a new pilot line for manufacturing ceramic devices using 3D printing…