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DEWA says digital guarantee system cuts processing time by 95%
The utility says its system handles about 2,500 guarantees a year, while reliance on physical guarantees has fallen 74%.
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Generation Mining starts early construction at Ontario’s Marathon project
The company has posted construction-phase financial assurance and is advancing long-lead equipment procurement.
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Saudi solar park hosts sand gazelle breeding programme
A 250 MW solar facility at AMAALA has started breeding vulnerable sand gazelles, combining power generation with a reserve-led conservation effort.
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DOE offers conditional loan commitment of up to $4.2 billion for Vistra nuclear upgrades
The proposed financing would support uprates and modernization at three operating reactors in Pennsylvania and Ohio, subject to further conditions.
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Colombia’s DIAN expands capacity for hybrid-vehicle VAT refunds
The tax agency said it is assigning about 200 daily appointments in four cities and more than 6,600 appointments were allocated in August and September.
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Uzbekistan review reports new gas fields and higher refinery output
A presidential briefing said five gas-condensate fields were discovered this year, 80 wells were drilled in nine months and Fergana refinery output rose for several products.
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Jordan real GDP grows 3% in second quarter of 2026
Preliminary statistics put annual real growth at 3%, with agriculture expanding fastest.
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DR Congo starts Kananga waterworks targeting 125,000 cubic metres a day
The project combines a new treatment plant, upgrades to an existing facility and distribution-network reinforcement, with World Bank investment estimated at about $164 million.
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Ethiopia manufacturing capacity use reaches 69.2 percent
The State Minister of Industry said utilization rose to 69.2 percent and import substitution saved nearly USD 5.9 billion in foreign exchange in the past fiscal year.
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UN climate chief cites estimated €180 billion cost of Europe’s summer extremes
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell told the European Parliament that one study estimated the summer’s extreme-weather costs at €180 billion.
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UK announces procurement and insourcing measures in state reform
A new Prime Minister’s Office unit will coordinate insourcing, while utility companies will be expected to support local jobs and apprenticeships.
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UK September ranks joint fourth-warmest on record
Provisional Met Office data put the UK’s September 2026 mean temperature at 14.6°C, with marked regional differences in rainfall.
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