[Sino-French companies plan joint venture to build a new battery factory]On May 12, 2023, French President Emmanuel Macron stated that China Xiamen Xiamen Tungsten New Energy Materials Co., Ltd. plans to establish a battery field laboratory with the French company Orano in Dunkirk, a port city in northern France. Joint venture with an expected investment of 1.5 billion euros and the creation of 1,700 jobs. Macron pointed out that Xiamen Tungsten New Energy's joint venture with Orano is complementary to ProLogium's factory because it will be upstream in the production of batteries for electric vehicles. Edit/Ma Xue
Recently, China Harbour won the bid for the dredging project of Monrovia Port in Liberia. Monrovia Port is the largest foreign trade gateway port in the country, with a total dredging volume of approximately 1.12 million cubic meters and a designed water depth of -13.5 meters. It also carries out simultaneous salvage and removal of sunken ships and underwater obstacles. This is another water transportation project that China Harbour has won in Liberia, following the Bomi Iron Mine Supporting Channel Project. The business extends from the mining supporting terminal to the national main port.Editor/Li Xiaohua
CCCC SDC undertook the construction of the Zhangpu tailwater discharge project in Fujian. The submarine curved top pipe successfully crossed the basalt rock layer and entered the dense sand layer for excavation. This project is the first of two processes, and after completion, it will collect the deep-sea discharge of tail water from six sewage treatment plants to assist in the ecological governance of nearshore waters. Editor/Min Jing