[Saudi Arabia to launch 93 utility infrastructure projects]Saudi Arabia has announced plans to launch 93 projects, mostly related to the development of the kingdom's utility infrastructure, with an investment of $2.26 billion. The projects are primarily aimed at boosting the region's environment, water and agricultural systems, according to senior government officials. They added that they will be implemented by the Brine Conversion Company, the National Water Company and the National Center for Vegetation Cover and Desertification Control in coordination with the Saudi Deputy Minister of Water. Editor/Xing Wentao
Shanxi recently issued the "Implementation Plan for Accelerating Energy Green and Low Carbon Transformation and Development", aiming to promote the construction of the energy system and high-quality economic development. The plan proposes to focus on building intelligent green coal mines with a capacity of over 1.2 million tons per year, accelerate resource allocation and transfer, and exit inefficient production capacity. At the same time, it is required that production coal mines that meet the conditions by 2027 achieve basic intelligence, cultivate artificial intelligence application scenarios, continuously improve safety assurance levels, and fully guarantee the stable supply of national electricity coal. Editor/Cheng Liting
On April 28, 2026, Jiangsu Xinhongda Mining Intelligent Complete Equipment Manufacturing Project, a major provincial project located in Xinghua High tech Zone, Dainan Town, officially started construction. The total investment of the project is 5.2 billion yuan, of which the first phase investment is 2.5 billion yuan. The planned land area is 150 acres, and a high standard intelligent production workshop of about 170000 square meters will be built. International cutting-edge intelligent equipment such as welding robots, 10000 watt laser cutting, and fully automatic intelligent molding production lines will be introduced on a large scale.Editor/Cheng Liting