273 new met coal mining projects are being planned worldwide. Despite climate targets and emissions problems, the fossil steel industry is focusing on expanding the climate-damaging raw material.
By Lisa Kuner
Soziale Schieflage bei E-Mobilität: Ohne gezielte Förderung könnten rund 5,6 Millionen Stellplätze in Mehrfamilienhäusern ohne Vorbereitung fürs elektrische Laden bleiben, warnt T&E.
By Kai Schöneberg
According to the German electrical and digital association ZVEI, electrical exports to other European Union countries had compensated for increased exports to China and the US by 2025. Despite this, ZVEI President Gunther Kegel emphasized the importance of diversification. Local content requirements should remain temporary exceptions, he said.
By Corinna Visser
German Agriculture Minister Alois Rainer has criticized EU plans for stricter rules on imported food, voicing skepticism about possible bans on pesticide residues.
By Julia Dahm
Porsche plans to shrink its dealer network in China by around 30%. The savings are to be invested in its new research and development center in Shanghai. The automaker is responding to steep sales losses last year.
By Yi Ling Pan
In cooperation with the USA, Taiwan is setting up a Joint Firepower Coordination Center to coordinate the planning of precision attacks in a more targeted manner. This is the island's response to increasing military pressure from China.
By Yi Ling Pan
Chinese state media are warning party officials not to sit idle and run out the clock until the next Party congress. Inaction, they say, must be “firmly corrected”.
By Yi Ling Pan
Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has traveled to China for four days with representatives of more than 20 companies to improve access to the Chinese market. In Finland, rising imports from China are drawing criticism.
By Yi Ling Pan
China’s lending to Africa fell sharply in 2024 from the previous year. Beijing is moving away from multi-billion-dollar, US-dollar infrastructure projects and increasingly shifting toward more selective financing in renminbi.
By Yi Ling Pan
At the intergovernmental consultations between Germany and Italy in Rome, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni signed an agreement to cooperate more closely on European defense.
By Almut Siefert
