1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (411+ words) Tf L has awarded M Group Transport (Rail & Aviation) a "99. 1 M contract to maintain critical bridges and civil structures across London's transport network, covering assets such as viaducts, retaining walls and highway structures. The multi-year programme is expected to focus…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (395+ words) Lundin Mining faces a 7 May shareholder vote on a resolution from investor group SHARE, representing about $148 billion AUM, demanding a comprehensive greenhouse gas strategy covering Scope 1, 2 and full value-chain Scope 3 emissions. SHARE says Lundin is now the only major Canadian…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (424+ words) Professor Graham Heinson has received the Australian Academy of Science's Haddon Forrester King Medal for lifetime contributions to geophysics and mineral exploration. A globally recognised leader in electromagnetic methods, Heinson's work on deep crustal imaging and magnetotellurics has improved detection…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (443+ words) Dubai has approved the $9. 2bn Gold Line metro, a 42 km fully underground line with 18 stations that will be the emirate's first entirely subsurface route. The project will require deep excavations beneath dense urban districts, complex utility diversions and tunnelling under existing…...

2+ day, 7+ min ago  (355+ words) Scotland's energy transition is concentrating major grid, port and transport upgrades in the Highlands, positioning the region as a new UK power and hydrogen hub. Developers are advancing large onshore and offshore wind connections, multi'GW transmission reinforcements and port deepening…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (421+ words) Kyrgyzstan is courting Western mining capital with a tightly controlled "reset" that excludes state-backed gold projects like Kumtor, instead offering minority stakes in small-to-medium polymetallic and critical minerals deposits, mainly to UK and European investors. President Sadyr Japarov's government is…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (480+ words) Slow mobilisation on England's "88bn AMP8 water investment programme is being blamed on delayed final determinations from Ofwat and protracted procurement under new alliance and DPC (direct procurement for customers) models. Major schemes such as large-diameter trunk mains, new service reservoirs and…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (470+ words) Quaise Energy is advancing Project Obsidian in Oregon, aiming to build the first superhot geothermal plant by drilling into rock above 300 C and delivering a baseload 50 MW from only a handful of wells by 2030. A modelling analysis presented at the…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (393+ words) The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has admitted to a backlog of almost two years in publishing its board meeting minutes, delaying public access to decisions on multi'billion'pound decommissioning programmes across 17 UK nuclear sites. The delay affects transparency around governance of major…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (382+ words) NMITE has secured IET accreditation for its BEng and MEng Integrated Engineering degrees, a status essential for Incorporated and Chartered Engineer registration under UK-SPEC. The integrated programmes combine civil, mechanical, electrical and materials content with project-based learning, giving graduates a…...