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Rosatom awaits Namibia’s decision on the Wings project
Rosatom expects a Namibian decision in the coming months; production approval and a start date have not been announced.
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Diesel export options depend on the domestic balance
A possible partial reopening of Russian diesel exports depends on the domestic balance and subsequent shipment arrangements.
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Climeworks Gets Far More Carbon Removal From Mammoth
Climeworks lifts Mammoth's first-half net carbon removal from 119 to 675 tons as upgraded collectors double throughput and cut operating costs.
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Russia's Industrial Data Sends Mixed Signals
Russia's output-survey gap shows how data vintages, sector contributions, plans, capacity, inventory and cash must be reconciled before an industrial recovery becomes a decision.
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Russian Equipment Exporters Add Service to the Deal
A metal additive-manufacturing export shows how site qualification, training, software, consumables, spares, service and joint development turn equipment delivery into an industrial alliance.
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Idle EV Battery Plants Find a Second Market in the Power Grid
Ford and other battery makers redirect underused EV capacity toward grid and data-centre storage, converting factories for LFP cells and container systems.
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Kuban Adds a Missing Link to Its Food Supply Chain
Kurganinsk's new tin-can plant can strengthen the regional food economy when material qualification, format changes, seasonal inventory, closure quality and logistics become one dependable operating system.
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UPS Is Giving Up Amazon Volume to Rebuild Its Delivery Economics
UPS deliberately cuts Amazon parcel volume by more than half, resizing its network while pursuing higher-yield healthcare, international and SME shipments.
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Restarting a Russian Car Plant Takes More Than Machinery
Russia's automotive brownfield restarts show why inherited buildings become productive only after software, tooling, suppliers, people and quality gates form a new operating system.
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GE Vernova Buys the Half of Prolec It Did Not Own
GE Vernova agreed to pay $5.275 billion for Xignux's half of Prolec GE, consolidating transformer control while funding the deal equally with cash and debt.
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A Fergana Garment Factory Sets Its Sights on Export Markets
Fergana's new apparel factory shows how buyer specifications, workforce development, line balance, quality evidence and shipment discipline turn sewing machines into an export platform.
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Russian Pork Returns to China After a Fifteen-Year Wait
Russia's pork route to China shows how biosecurity, regionalisation, certified plants, whole-carcass economics and cold-chain evidence create export access.
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Chevron Closes the Hess Deal After a Two-Year Fight Over Guyana
Chevron completed its Hess acquisition after winning the Stabroek arbitration, adding Guyana and Bakken assets while taking on a complex integration.
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Nordgold Spreads the Roman Project Across Four Sites
Nordgold's Roman design shows how three crushing stages, heap-leach pads, loaded-carbon custody and shared recovery capacity turn separate sites into one operating system.
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Nippon Steel Finally Owns U.S. Steel, With Washington Still in the Room
Nippon Steel completed its $14.9 billion U.S. Steel acquisition under an unusual golden-share structure and $11 billion investment commitment.
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GM Reworks Three U.S. Plants in a $4 Billion Production Shift
GM plans a $4 billion production shift across Michigan, Kansas and Tennessee, combining gasoline models with continued electric-vehicle manufacturing.
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China's Iron Ore Peak Changes the Outlook for Steel
China's iron ore demand was approaching a plateau after two decades of construction-led growth. Miners now faced a stricter cost curve, rising scrap use and the slow task of building demand across India and other emerging markets.
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Intel’s $28 Billion Ohio Fab Becomes a Test of Industrial Scale
Intel's $28 billion Ohio project must turn two vast fab shells, public support, utilities, specialised tools and a new workforce into competitive chip output.
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Walmart Turns Its Delivery Software Into a Business
Walmart is selling its route-optimisation software to other businesses, turning internal logistics expertise into a commercial technology service.
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