Xi

Metal

UK Has No Immediate Plans for Critical Minerals Price Floor, Minister Says

The United Kingdom has no current plans to introduce a minimum price guarantee for domestic rare earth producers, similar to measures adopted in the United Stat…

South Korea

Samsung Unveils First Multi-Folding Phone as Competition Set to Heat Up

Samsung Electronics introduced its first multi-folding smartphone, the Galaxy Z TriFold, on Tuesday, December 2, 2025. The device features three panels that unf…

Metal

Saudi Arabia Launches Bidding for 13,000 Sq KM Mineral Exploration Licences

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources announced on Monday the launch of a new bidding round for three exploration licences covering appr…

Electric Vehicles

Uber, Weride Launch Middle East’s First Fully Driverless Robotaxi Service in Abu Dhabi

On November 26, WeRide and Uber launched fully driverless robotaxi services in Abu Dhabi, marking the first commercial Level-4 autonomous ride-hailing operation…

Energy Storage Project

China Advances 4.2 GWh Compressed Air Storage Project

Authorities in Shanzhou District, Sanmenxia City, Henan Province, have approved a major compressed air energy storage (CAES) project proposed by ZCGN, China'…

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…

France

Airbus Issues Major A320 Recall, Threatening Global Flight Disruption

Airbus announced on Friday an urgent airworthiness directive requiring immediate repairs on approximately 6,000 A320-family aircraft worldwide, representing mor…

Crude Oil

Russia’s Rosneft Reports 70% Fall In 9-Month Net Income

Rosneft (ROSN.MM), Russia's leading oil producer, announced on Friday that its net profit for the first nine months of 2025 dropped sharply by 70% compared …

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…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Sterling and Wilson Secures $147M EPC Contract for Solar Project in South Africa

Sterling and Wilson Renewable Energy Limited (SWREL) has secured a turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract worth approximately Rs 13.1…

Finland

IQM to Double Finnish Quantum Factory Capacity With €40M Investment

IQM Quantum Computers announced a major expansion of its manufacturing facilities in Espoo, Finland. The new 8,000-square-metre site will nearly double the comp…

Turkey

Turkey Signs Deal to Import 300 Thsd Tons of Russian Wheat

Turkey's state grain purchasing agency TMO has completed a direct procurement of approximately 300,000 metric tons of Russian milling wheat from United Grai…

India

Reliance JV to Invest $11BN in 1GW Data Centre Campus in Andhra Pradesh

Digital Connexion, a joint venture involving Reliance Industries, Brookfield, and Digital Realty, announced on November 26 a 1-gigawatt data centre campus near …

Photovoltaic （PV）

Zelestra Signs 95.7MW PPA With Microsoft in Aragón, Spain

Zelestra has signed a long-term power purchase agreement with Microsoft to supply clean electricity from two solar projects in Spain with a combined capacity of…

United States

OpenAI Projects 220 Million Paying ChatGPT Users by 2030

OpenAI forecasts that by 2030, approximately 220 million weekly ChatGPT users will subscribe to paid plans, representing 8.5% of an expected total of 2.6 billio…