[South African Ports Authority plans to invest$570 million in port infrastructure] South Africa's Transnet National Port Authority plans to invest around $566 million over the next seven years in various infrastructure facilities in East London, Port Elizabeth and Ngula. Ports of Nelson Mandela, Elizabeth and Ngula will receive $299 million in investment, while East London will receive the remaining approximately $268 million. The first investment of around R570 million will take place in the 2022/2023 financial year. TNPA's latest investment plan aims to realign South African port operator Transnet with other key economic sectors. Editor/Xing Wentao

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• 2026.08.18 15:36
• [The first vertical large-scale mineral model in southern Xinjiang landed in Kashgar]
• At the 16th Xinjiang Kashgar Central Asia South Asia Commodity Fair held recently, the first vertical mineral resource model in southern Xinjiang that targets multiple mineral types and full exploration scenarios, the Congling Zhixun AI intelligent mineral exploration model, was launched. It is reported that the Congling Zhixun large model deeply integrates decades of field survey data from China's first line geological exploration, constructs high-quality datasets and sample libraries, and fills the industry gap of specialized mineral large models for intelligent exploration of multiple mineral types in the southern Xinjiang Central Asia metallogenic belt. Editor/Cheng Liting

• 2026.08.18 15:35
• [Longdian enters Zhejiang Gansu 4th section and the entire line is connected]
• Recently, as the last set of wires steadily arrived at the traction field, the Gansu to Zhejiang ± 800 kV high-voltage direct current transmission project, Gansu Section 4, achieved full line connection on the 16th. This project is a key project of the national West East power transmission strategy. After completion, it can transport over 36 billion kilowatt hours of clean electricity from Gansu to Zhejiang every year, with new energy consumption accounting for over 21 billion kilowatt hours. Editor/Cheng Liting