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GE Vernova signed an order to supply three 5.5 MW onshore wind turbines to Stadtwerke Heidenheim for the Schlotberg-Jüchsen wind farm, with a 20-year service agreement. Deliveries start in August 2027 and the utility's GE Vernova fleet grows to 74 MW.

The National Energy System Operator issued a rare morning electricity margin notice after forecasting a shortfall of almost 1,400 megawatts, then cancelled it shortly after 9am as the gap narrowed; low wind across Europe and costly Friday imports are behind the squeeze.

Aliko Dangote disclosed at the WIMBIZ conference in Lagos that the Dangote refinery IPO fell short of its 10 million investor target, blaming limited time and access problems, even though orders of about ₦6.4 trillion made it roughly three times oversubscribed; the final investor count is not yet known.

China's Ministry of Commerce announced a two-month extension of the suspension on expanded rare earth export controls, pushing the pause to January 10, 2027, as part of ongoing trade talks with the United States.

Crédit Agricole has proposed merging its Italian subsidiary with Banco BPM, offering a 20 percent valuation premium and a 1 billion euro extraordinary dividend, which would raise its stake to about 45 percent and create Italy’s third-largest bank.

The UK government has announced plans to ban goods made with forced labour from sale, requiring large businesses to carry out mandatory human rights due diligence and pull offending products from shelves.

Mitsui Chemicals said on Monday it will acquire semiconductor-materials maker JSR from funds managed by state-backed JIC Capital for 1.84 trillion yen, about $11.6 billion, with the Development Bank of Japan investing 200 billion yen alongside it.

South Korea's Fair Trade Commission said on Monday it will impose provisional fines totalling 631.9 billion won on Woowa Brothers and Coupang, the operators of Baemin and Coupang Eats, for abusing their market dominance with pricing rules imposed on restaurants.

The 2026 Melbourne Korean Wave Expo and Australia K-Food Fair produced 32 export contracts and memorandums worth $18 million, Korea's trade and agriculture ministries said on November 8, after 101 Korean companies held 1,235 consultations with buyers.

RWE and Kawasaki Heavy Industries began trial operations of a 34-megawatt hydrogen-compatible gas turbine at the Emsland power station in Lingen, described as Europe's largest of its kind and the first to generate electricity from hydrogen at industrial scale.

The European Commission conditionally approved the roughly $25 billion all-stock merger of AkzoNobel and Axalta, requiring AkzoNobel to divest its entire European vehicle-refinish business, with closing expected in early 2027.

Gordon Brothers has made more than £18 million from its brief ownership of Poundland and could profit further if the chain collapses, Sky News reported, as MPs prepare to question the firm in private and takeover talks continue.