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Australian transmission specialist, Timco Transmission Lines, has now been fully merged into Elecnor Australia, consolidating Elecnor’s local transmission construction capabilities as demand for high-voltage grid infrastructure accelerates. The integration formalises a relationship that has been evolving for several years, with Timco operating under Elecnor ownership and branding across major projects. Timco no longer trades as a standalone entity, with its people, systems and project delivery now embedded within Elecnor Australia’s operations...
The Federal Government has launched the Australian Critical Minerals Prospectus, outlining 49 mining projects and 29 midstream critical minerals processing projects deemed ready for investment, on the eve of high-level critical minerals talks in the United States. The government said the prospectus is a key tool to attract global capital as Australia works with partner nations to build new critical minerals supply chains. Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King launched the prospectus in Washington DC, where she is attending critical minera...
The $148.8 million Mandurah Estuary Bridge Duplication has reached a major milestone, with an upgraded structure now enabling westbound traffic to flow, as works continue on the project in Western Australia. The existing Mandurah Estuary Bridge provides traffic access to and from southern Mandurah and is currently used by more than 33,000 vehicles every day. A permanent switch of westbound traffic has taken place from the existing bridge structure, across to what will be the new, upgraded and expanded Mandurah Estuary Bridge. Eastbound traff...
In open-pit mining, loading and haulage typically account for around 50–60 per cent of total operating costs, making efficiency gains in this area critical to overall mine performance. After fuel, tyres are usually the most expensive consumable in surface mining. A large metals operation can use up to 900 mining tyres each year, representing millions of dollars in operational expenditure. Preserving tyre life and improving tyre management practices is therefore a key lever for both cost control and operational resilience. A new white paper fr...
The Federal and Victorian governments have announced an upgrade to the intersection of Northern Highway (High Street) and Watson Street in Wallan, to improve travel times and increase safety for drivers in Melbourne’s north. The Northern Highway Intersection Upgrade will see additional lanes built on the Northern Highway in both directions at the intersection of High Street and Watson Street, in addition to a second right-turn lane from Watson Street into the Wallan township. These works will make navigating the area easier for drivers. This...
The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has highlighted investing in education as part of a swathe of recommendations put forward in a pre-budget statement to help turn the state of Victoria into a global mining and engineering services hub. Documents, submitted by the Victorian division of the MCA, state the local mineral industry can drive future regional and state development with improved approval timelines, competitive fees, charges and taxes and a strong mining skills pipeline in schools needed to build capabilities for years to come. ...
The Northern Territory and Federal Governments have approved a $600,000 grant to help unlock critical metals processing capacity at Tennant Creek, helping a new strategic alliance to boost production. The grant is set to be matched by members of the Tennant Creek Copper Alliance – CuFE Limited, Emmerson Resources and Tennant Minerals – to fund a feasibility study into establishing a multi-user minerals processing facility. This is said to create a “strategic pathway toward the development of each company’s current and future mineral resourc...
The Government of India has achieved near-universal household electrification under the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA), with over 28.6 crore households electrified nationwide, the Ministry of Power informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Launched in October 2017, the SAUBHAGYA scheme aimed to provide electricity connections to all willing un-electrified households in rural areas and poor households in urban areas. At the time of launch, the number of un-electrified households in the country was estimated at 30 crore, of wh...
Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, has announced the launch of the Kantori™ autonomous well construction solution, a new unified digital service that provides intelligent operations and streamlined workflows across every stage of the well construction process. Kantori was unveiled at Baker Hughes’ 26th Annual Meeting in Florence, Italy. Kantori combines artificial intelligence and physics-based models with real-time data analytics to continually optimise performance and enable automation across planning, execution and monitoring ...
The £2.6 million scheme to build a new 460m³ storage tank at Butterthwaite Road, in the Ecclesfield area will build additional storage capacity to the network, holding excess water during periods of prolonged and heavy rainfall. Flows will be sent for treatment when the network capacity has returned to normal levels. On completion it should result an 83% reduction or fewer than 10 storm spills a year, going into Blackburn Brook from Butterthwaite Road combined Sewer overflow (CSO). Lexie Thubron, project manager, said: “Project partners Wa...
Following Australia’s lead, the US Government has launched its own strategic critical minerals reserve, aimed at strengthening domestic supply chain security. Dubbed Project Vault, the initiative is an independently governed public-private partnership that will store essential raw materials in facilities across the US. The reserve will be underwritten by a direct $US10 billion loan from the US Export-Import Bank (EXIM), providing long-term financing to a partnership between original equipment manufacturers and private sector capital providers...
Two aging bridges that have carried traffic over the Kicking Horse River in Golden, B.C., for more than seven decades are being replaced with modern spans designed to withstand extreme weather and future climate challenges. The crossings, along Highway 95, link the north and south sides of the Town of Golden and provide access to Gould’s Island. The existing bridges are just a short distance from each other. The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure says the structures are nearing the end of their service life. The approved budg...
Officials at the Catskill Mountain Railroad in Kingston, N.Y., say they are considering relocating from their longtime home after years of conflict with the county. Ernie Hunt, president of the tourist railroad, said the decision would depend on whether the local government allows them to expand later this year. “If we don’t get our expansion, then we’ll go and expand somewhere else,” Hunt said. “We’ll go somewhere that wants us.” Catskill Mountain Railroad was founded in 1982 to lease and operate a 38-mile former New York Central branch l...
Posted: 3 February 2026 | Gabriel Higgins | No comments yet ACI Europe has welcomed the Dutch Government’s decision to open Lelystad Airport, strengthening connectivity, competitiveness and long term airport capacity in the Netherlands. Credit: lelystad airport ACI EUROPE has welcomed the Dutch Government’s decision to open Lelystad Airport to commercial flights, calling it a strategic step to safeguard national connectivity, competitiveness and regional development. The decision will enable the Dutch aviation system to better meet current...
February 3, 2026 AD Ports Group, a global enabler of integrated trade, industry and logistics solutions, has finalized a $115 million project finance facility to support the development of the Noatum Ports - Safaga Terminal in Egypt, reinforcing the Group’s long-term commitment to expanding critical port and logistics infrastructure across its key focus international markets. The funding, backed by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) with participation from National Bank of Kuwait - Egypt (NBK - Egypt) and other institutional inv...
SINGAPORE—Following the recent completion of hybrid-electric tests of a modified Passport engine in the U.S., GE Aerospace is displaying a large-scale model of a CFM Open Fan configured with a notional hybrid power system at the Singapore Airshow. The Open Fan model shows representative electrical power connections running from and to the high pressure (HP) and low-pressure (LP) shafts. The concept, which is being explored under the joint GE-Safran CFM International’s Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines (RISE) technology initiat...
SAN FRANCISCO — ESPN is finalizing a two-year deal with star influencer Lily Shimbashi of Sportsish to serve as a full-time creator for the network’s major events. ESPN envisions Shimbashi in a Katie Feeney-type role, contributing custom-made Sportsish content across espnW and other social media platforms. Sportsish’s tagline succinctly sums up her commitment to speaking in the voice of female fans: “Not Your Boyfriend’s Sports News.” Shimbashi talked about joining the four letters during an interview with Front Office Sports on Radio Row ...
Nina Roket, co-managing partner at the law firm Olshan Frome Wolosky, was born to a Jewish family of mostly medical professionals in the then-Soviet nation of Georgia. Sitting in her firm’s Midtown conference room, Roket tells of the time in 1961 when Benjamin Mirilashvili, her paternal grandfather and owner of a successful trade and exporting business, was taken by force from his home. He was never seen or heard from again. “It was a pretty traumatic experience. He left my grandmother with four children,” Roket, 54, tells Commercial Observ...
Iberdrola Renewables Polska, a subsidiary of Iberdrola Group, has secured funding of about €44 million for the development of three battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Poland. The funding has been provided by the Polish National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management. The projects will together deliver a total installed capacity of 160 MW, inclusive of two projects in the Mazovia region with capacities of 38 MW and 42 MW, as well as one project in the Lower Silesia region with a capacity of 80 MW. The BESS are desi...