Industry Specimens
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1,410 Megawatts and a 2035 Date: Nordic Nuclear Leaves the White-Paper Stage
Vattenfall has committed to three small modular reactors on Sweden’s west coast — roughly 1,410 megawatts, about 12 terawatt-hours a year, around 8 percent of…
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Export Controls Are Getting Technical, and the Spec Sheet Shows It
August brought new export controls on drones to the US and an injunction order in the EU subsidy investigation. Follow the documents: the trade fight…
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Factory Scale Begins Where the Laboratory Ends
A practical, evidence-led examination of industrial automation, focused on coordination, access, timing and the operating measures that turn a visible trend into durable value.
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Factories are moving home. The materials are the hard part
From Volvo’s $40 million in Pennsylvania to a $45.7 million DOE critical minerals program, reshoring is happening. But bringing a factory home does not bring…
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The Rare Earths Quietly Powering Everything You Own
Seventeen elements you’ve never heard of make modern technology work. Their supply chains are fragile, and the world is only starting to take notice.
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The Next Mining Shock Isn’t in the Mine
Governments spent years fighting over mines. The IEA’s 2026 outlook suggests the real bottleneck has moved downstream: to sulphuric acid tanks, smelters, ports and power…