TotalEnergies Launches Major Solar Project in Spain.

France’s supermajor TotalEnergies is launching its biggest solar project cluster in Europe—five solar projects with a total installed capacity of 263 MW near Seville, Spain. The solar field will produce 515 GWh per year of renewable electricity, equivalent to the consumption of over 150,000 Spanish households, and will avoid 245,000 tons of CO2 emissions per […]

Africa’s largest bauxite producer cancels 46 mining licenses amid sector reform

The action is part of Guinea’s sweeping sector-wide reform aimed at curbing regulatory violations, boosting revenue collection, and ensuring that mining activities contribute more directly to national development goals. The government sources say the number of affected permits  could be as high as 53, in what analysts interpret as a signal to larger operators that […]

Nigeria Secures Over $8bn Deepwater Oil and Gas FIDs as Presidential Reforms Spur Investment

The federal government has disclosed that Nigeria attracted over $8 billion in Deepwater oil and gas Final Investment Decisions (FIDs) in less than one year, underscoring recent presidential actions to remove the existing bottlenecks in the sector. Speaking at the just concluded 2025 Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, the Special Adviser on Energy […]

China’s Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipe secures $47mln contracts in MENA region.

China-based Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipe Company signed four contracts worth a combined $47 million for major projects in Kuwait, Iraq, Tunisia, and Jordan, according to a statement. Waleid Gamal El-Dein, the Chairman of Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE), witnessed the signing ceremony, commenting that these projects back industry localization and Egyptian exports abroad. The recently inked […]