EQT agreed to buy fellow Appalachian gas producer Range Resources in a stock swap worth nearly $13 billion, creating a U.S. natural gas giant. It is context, not a feature: gas producers are consolidating as power demand grows.
Eco DC Solutions says it will be Dongfang Turbine's North American importer for 30 G50 gas turbines, over 2.1 GW in combined cycle, for Canadian data centers. Data Phoenix notes the release names no sites, delivery dates, price or financing. With Western turbines booked for years, buyers are turning to Chinese machines, and that raises its own questions.
Seeed Studio's open 6-axis arm publishes sheet metal and 3D printed parts and a full bill of materials with purchase links. The post cites a 1.5 kg payload, 650 mm reach and under 0.2 mm repeatability, with software for Python, ROS 1 and 2, Isaac Sim and LeRobot.
For automation engineers, robotics trainers and technical schools: a cheap way to learn robot work cells before buying the real thing.
Sabic's quarterly net profit rose to $133 million despite lower sales volume. S&P has warned that Gulf petrochemical and fertilizer producers face falling export volumes and higher logistics costs. For Gulf chemical makers the constraint is getting product out by sea.