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FILE PHOTO: A staff member cleans the Geely Galaxy E8 electric vehicle at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, or Auto China 2024, in Beijing, China, April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
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China’s Geely scouting locations for Europe plant

Geely is exploring locations for a potential EV plant in Europe but hasn't fully committed, with talks ongoing in Poland.

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Nippon Steel Corporation is displayed at the company headquarters in Tokyo,  Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo May 1, 2019.  Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS/File Photo
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Nippon makes last ditch effort to win Washington’s nod on US Steel deal: source

Nippon Steel executive to meet American officials to salvage $14.9B U.S. Steel bid amid national security review concerns.

Tata Steel’s Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales (Ben Birchall/PA)
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New deal to help transition of steel production at Port Talbot

UK Government strikes deal over workers as thousands of jobs set to go as Port Talbot embraces electric arc production for steel.

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has given the green light to a number of large-scale solar farms (Gareth Fuller/PA)
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Individual solar farms do not threaten national food security – farming leader

British farming union president says there are more demands competing for land use than just solar farms as he pushes for government to...

Air bubbles rise through treated water to remove additional contaminants at the Aris Water Solutions wastewater treatment pilot project in Reeves County, Texas, U.S., July 24, 2024. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
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In arid New Mexico, rural towns eye treated oil wastewater as a solution to drought

New Mexico politicians hope that new technology will allow oil wastewater treatment to provide a lifeline for agriculture and other businesses.

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Tata Steel signs £500 million Grant Funding Agreement with UK Government for £1.25 billion green steel project in Port Talbot

September 11 2024 Tata Steel announces that it has signed a  £500 million Grant Funding Agreement with the UK Government allowing it to...

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Government puts workers at the heart of new and improved Port Talbot deal

The government has announced a new, improved Port Talbot deal for workers which has been agreed with Tata Steel and Trade Unions. Published...

FILE PHOTO: Trevor Milton, founder and former-CEO of Nikola Corp., departs the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in New York, U.S., September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo
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Convicted Nikola founder Milton owes electric truck maker $168 million, judge rules

The judge ordered Nikola founder Trevor Milton, convicted of fraud, to pay $167.7M for misleading statements about the company.

FILE PHOTO: ASML logo is seen near computer motherboard in this illustration taken January 8, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Europe’s largest tech firm ASML needs licence to service some equipment in China: Dutch govt

The Dutch government clarified that ASML needs a license for servicing chipmaking tools sold to China, expanding restrictions to more machines.

FILE PHOTO: A Great Lakes Works sign is seen at the U.S. Steel Great Lakes Works plant in Ecorse, Michigan, U.S., September 24, 2019. Picture taken September 24, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
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Nippon Steel exec flies to Washington in last attempt to save US Steel deal: Financial Times

Nippon Steel's vice-chair will meet U.S. officials on Wednesday in an attempt to save its proposed $14.9 billion takeover of U.S. Steel.

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