[Freyr plans to build €1.6 billion gigafactory near the Arctic Circle]Norwegian battery maker Freyr plans to build a €1.6 billion Arctic Gigafactory with the help of €400 million in guarantees and loans from Norway's export credit agency Eksfin. Freyr expects the plant to be one of the largest and most efficient in Europe, with 50% lower capital expenditure per GWh of capacity and more than 200% higher output per employee than conventional lithium-ion plants. Editor/Xing Wentao
CRCC has won the bid for the open-pit mining and stripping project at the southern mining site of Mirado Copper Mine in Ecuador. The framework contract period is as long as ten years, including drilling and blasting, transportation and dumping, and maintenance of supporting facilities. The total scale of mining and stripping is huge, and the operation is planned to start in September 2026. Editor/Min Jing
LSHEC has developed six large towers for the low-carbon integration project in Xinjiang Chemical Industry. Leveraging the advantages of self-developed manufacturing integration, LSHEC has overcome the pressure of high temperature construction period and overcome multiple technical difficulties. Multiple equipment have been completed and put into place one after another, fully ensuring timely delivery. Editor/Min Jing