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INNOVATION

Company plans to mine the Moon by 2020

A private company founded by a group of dotcom entrepreneurs says it will establish a ...

Plan to turn salt caverns into “world’s largest battery”

Arup makes app to predict future of Planet Earth

TRENDS

Massive rise in UK electricity demand predicted in next 30 years

The UK may experience a rapid rise in electricity consumption over the next 30 years ...

Robocar vs. the Pod: Which autonomous vehicle will dominate?

North Korea’s artistic charm offensive in Africa

COMPANIES

Canada’s WSP to buy New Zealand consultant Opus for $190m

Canadian engineer WSP has made an offer to acquire New Zealand’s Opus International Consultants. The ...

Miller Homes “in talks” with private equity group over £600m sale

Carillion boss goes as $1bn cash hole opens

SECTORS

UK abandons rail electrification schemes

The UK government has scrapped plans to electrify three railway lines – in Wales, the ...

How Asia’s Super Grid may open a brighter future for the region

Africa’s ports revolution: A tale of two port cities

PERSPECTIVES

China to launch fully autonomous car by 2020

Baidu, China’s main internet search company, is planning to begin mass producing autonomous cars that ...

End of Qatar deadline triggers seismic shift in Gulf relations

Will China build tomorrow’s Britain?

MARKETS

Korea’s Lotte to build Vietnam’s answer to Canary Wharf

Korean conglomerate Lotte Group has been chosen to develop a 74,500-sq-m “smart city” in the ...

Saudi project logjam to break this year, says report

Report reveals China’s domination of global football investment

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on Germany to build 10-km electric highway

Drake & Scull wins Dubai tower contract

UAE and Australian firms collaborate on 50-storey London tower

Work starts on $1.6bn Penn Station expansion

Japanese consultant wins Bangladesh airport expansion

London mayor puts £25m into compact apartments

Balfour Beatty unit wins $380m residential project in Hong Kong

World’s largest data centre to be built in Arctic Circle

John Holland to develop $1bn commercial centre in Sydney

World’s largest construction rental firm buys equipment chain for $1.3bn

Denver greenlights Ferrovial’s $1.8bn PPP for Denver airport

Four London residential towers to be emptied after Arup safety report

Influential Thais push to build $28bn Kra canal

Germany to build 10-km electric highway

Plan to supply Europe with Tunisian solar power moves closer

OHL wins more Manhattan infra work

BAM wins jetty job in Sierra Leone

A corruption storm intensifies

ACS hopes pinned on Hochtief

We could do it a trillion dollars better

House building drive for Sri Lanka

Sixth Qatar stadium to resemble traditional cap