The European Commission has approved a plan by the Netherlands to spend €2bn on a new medical isotope production facility in Petten, about 220km north of Amsterdam. The plan is…

Belgian marine contractor Jan De Nul and Australian mining company Fortescue have pledged to lay a 1,000km subsea transmission line to carry solar power from Africa to Europe. The agreement…

Austrian materials producer Wienerberger says its carbon-neutral concrete roof-tile factory in Hungary will “set a new standard across Europe”. The €30m, 7,300-sq-m plant in Hejopapi will be fully automated, with…

Ukraine’s rail operator Ukrainian Railways has started building a European-gauge railway in the west of the country intended to link up with European railways, the operator announced on X, formally…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to loan €36m towards the construction of a 50MW windfarm in Bosnia Herzegovina. The Vlasic facility will contain 18 wind turbines, capable of…

The European Commission has approved a plan put forward by seven member states to spend €6.9bn on infrastructure for hydrogen energy. The countries are France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland,…

Automotive Cells Company (ACC), a French firm formed to lead the European battery industry, has secured €4.4bn in credit to fund the construction of three lithium-ion gigafactories in France, Germany,…

Dublin-headquartered low-carbon cement maker Ecocem has obtained a European Technical Assessment (ETA) for its cement, which the company says achieves a 70% reduction in CO2 compared with the average European…

Investor Blackstone and data centre developer Digital Realty have teamed up to spend $7bn on 10 new data centres in western Europe and the US. The data centres will be…

Three big construction sector bodies in Europe yesterday published a manifesto on achieving carbon and resource neutrality, outlining a long-term plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions and use less materials.…

The US has earmarked $225m for a 75km rail line connecting a future transport hub in Lviv, western Ukraine, to the EU’s Trans-European Network. The memorandum of understanding was signed…

Turkish contractor Limak gave GCR a tour of the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge, which links Asia and Europe across the Dardanelles Strait. Completed in 2022 after four years, the bridge has…

Kazakhstan Railway (Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, or KTZ) began work this week on a rail bypass around the commercial capital of Almaty. It will run between the towns of Zhetygen and…

Europe’s first spaceport opened last week on the remote Norwegian island of Andøya following an 18-month construction period, High North News reports. The facility, which is 300km inside the Arctic…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to lend €992m to Czechia to help it upgrade its railways and cut road freight. The loan, the EIB’s largest to the country,…

The European Commission said on Tuesday it was carrying out unannounced antitrust inspections in the construction chemicals sector of several member states.  It said there were concerns that companies may…

Maglev rail technology developer Nevomo says it has successfully tested a railway vehicle that can levitate on conventional railway lines. It said the tests prove that high-speed intercity railways could…

Irish building materials company Kingspan has acquired a 51% stake in German insulation company Steico for €251m. The shares were bought from Schramek, Steico’s Austrian parent. Steico runs four production…