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Malaysian carmaker Proton launches first EV plant
Malaysian automaker Proton launched its first electric vehicle assembly plant on Thursday (Sep 4), as the South-east Asian nation looks to…
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Mediawan’s Plan B to Plant Flag in London on the Heels of ‘Adolescence’ With ‘Baby Reindeer’ Producer Ed Macdonald to Run New Banner
Hot of the heels of its racing drama blockbuster “F1: The Movie” and Emmy-nominated limited series “Adolescence,” Brad Pitt‘s L.A.-based…
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A national lab made a nuclear fusion breakthrough. A new startup wants to make it into a power plant
Three years ago, scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California had a scientific breakthrough: As they fired lasers at…
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Liberty Steel: UK government prepares to take over plant
Simon Jack Business editor, BBC News The government is preparing to take control of the UK's third largest steelworks in a bid to save the…
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Hyflux played down Tuaspring’s power plant on Olivia Lum and CFO’s instructions, witness says
Former Hyflux’s corporate communications head testified that she only found out about the water treatment company’s power strategy for the…
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China’s Great Wall opens Brazil car plant, seeks site for second
Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor (GWM) may have just opened its first factory in Brazil, but is already scoping out sites for a second…
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A2 Milk to buy New Zealand formula plant to target China growth
The company forecasts high single-digit per cent increase in revenue in the 2026 full year A2 Milk has agreed to buy a New Zealand infant…
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Climate tech startup Brimstone just lost a $189 million DOE grant—but it’s building its first plant anyway
Last year, Cody Finke got game-changing news from the Department of Energy (DOE): his climate tech startup was in line for a $189 million…
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US Steel plant explosion in Pennsylvania kills 1, injures 10
An explosion has killed one person and and injured 10 others at the US Steel Clairton plant outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Monday,…
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U.S. Steel plant explosion in Pennsylvania injures dozens and traps some people under rubble
An explosion at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh left dozens injured or trapped under the rubble Monday, with emergency workers on site…
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The village in Peru that lives in the dark next to a massive solar plant
Alejandro Millán Valencia BBC News Mundo Each morning, Rosa Chamami wakes to flames licking at cardboard scraps in a makeshift stove in…
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Nike’s Wildly Colorful Cactus Plant Flea Market Collaboration Is Coming Soon
After being debuted by Travis Scott at Nike’s Toma El Juego event in July, the latest collaboration between the Beaverton, Ore.-based…
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Vietnam’s VinFast in talks to boost local sourcing as first India plant opens
The plant is expected to have an annual production capacity of up to 150,000 vehicles [THOOTHUKUDI, India] Vietnamese electric vehicle…
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AMD CEO sees chips from TSMC’s US plant costing 5% to 20% more
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) chief executive officer Lisa Su said that the chips her company gets from supplier Taiwan Semiconductor…
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UK inks investment deals on £38 billion Sizewell C nuclear plant
The UK announced final approval for the Sizewell C nuclear power plant after securing private investment in the £38 billion (S$65.7…
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Sizewell C nuclear power plant costs rise to £38bn
Mariam Issimdar BBC News, Suffolk The cost of building the Sizewell C nuclear power plant has jumped to £38bn, adding £1 a month to…
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Nissan to halt production at Japanese plant at Oppama
Struggling auto giant Nissan said on Tuesday (Jul 15) it will stop production at its plant at Oppama in Japan at the end of its 2027…
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Micron sees new Singapore plant as key in plan to meet rising demand for AI-enabling chips
A new will underpin Micron Technology’s plans to produce advanced semiconductors needed for artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The…
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Oiltek, SEDC Energy in talks on potential role in Sarawak sustainable aviation fuel plant initiative
The programme is in collaboration with sustainable aviation fuel technology provider Sulzer Oiltek announced on Thursday (Jul 3) that it…
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BYD shelves plans to build major Mexico car plant over Trump’s trade war
China’s top electric vehicle (EV) maker, BYD, has shelved plans to build a major plant in Mexico over geopolitical tensions and…
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New York announces it will build a new nuclear power plant
New York state will build a new nuclear power plant that will provide at least one gigawatt of electricity—enough to power about a million…
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Tesla to build first grid-scale power plant in China
Tesla announced on Friday (Jun 20) that it signed an agreement to build its first grid-scale energy storage power station project in…
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An Omaha food plant owner says he followed the rules for hiring immigrants. It was raided anyway.
The owner of an Omaha food packaging company says his business has been unfairly hamstrung by federal immigration officials, who raided…
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Sizewell C nuclear plant gets £14.2bn government investment
Alice Cunningham BBC News, Suffolk The government has committed £14.2bn of investment to build the new Sizewell C nuclear plant on the…