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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…

India

JSW Cement to Invest INR110bn to Double Capacity by 2028

JSW Cement, one of India's major cement producers, has announced a ₹110 billion (approximately US$1.22 billion) investment programme to be implemented over…

Saudi Arabia

Exxonmobil, Aramco and Samref Evaluating Refinery Upgrade and New Petrochemical Complex

Exxon Mobil Corporation, Aramco, and the Samref refinery have signed a Venture Framework Agreement to study a major upgrade and expansion of the Samref facility…

Combined cycle power plant

GE Vernova Expects 80 Gigawatts of Gas Turbine Contracts by Year’s End

GE Vernova, a major manufacturer of power generation equipment, announced on Tuesday that it expects to secure contracts for approximately 80 gigawatts of combi…

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…

Natural Gas

$1.98 Billion Chapter to ‘World-Class’ Gas Story Coming up Next off Australia

Chevron Australia has reached a final investment decision (FID) on the Gorgon Stage 3 development, committing approximately A$3 billion (US$1.98 billion) to ext…

China

Air Liquide Announces €25-Million Investment to Expand ASU in Yulin, China

Air Liquide has signed a long-term contract extension with a subsidiary of Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group and will invest around €25 million to modernise…

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…

United Kingdom

Heidelberg UK Injects Carbon Dioxide Into Concrete Mix

Heidelberg Materials UK has begun its first trial of CarbonCure technology at the Greenwich ready-mixed concrete plant in London. The process injects captured c…

Offshore Wind Power

Synera Signs Long-Term CPPA With Taiwan’s TSEE for Formosa 4 Wind Farm

Synera Renewable Energy Group (SRE Group) has entered into a long-term corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with Taiwan Smart Electricity & Energy (TSEE) f…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Launches Low-Cost Model 3 Variant in Europe

Tesla launched a more affordable Standard version of the Model 3 in several European markets on Friday, approximately two months after its introduction in the U…

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…

Metal

India’s Adani, Hindalco Seek Peru Copper Assets as Demand Surges

Indian companies Adani Group (ADEL.NS) and Hindalco Industries (HALC.NS) are actively exploring opportunities to invest in Peru's copper industry, either th…

Wind Farm

ØRsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 3 Wind Farm Delivers First Power in Germany

Ørsted's 913 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm has begun generating electricity and is now delivering its first power to the German grid. Loca…