At the 2026 CES show, Donut Lab announced that it will launch what it calls the world's first all-solid-state battery, which is ready for OEM mass production

South Korea announced a long-term investment plan on Wednesday (December 10) to invest 700 trillion won (approximately US$534 billion) to strengthen its semiconductor industry, aiming to create the world's largest chip cluster and gain an advantage in the artificial intelligence (AI) chip competition.

At the "AI+Steel" technology press conference held recently, experts and scholars discussed how to promote the innovation and application of "AI+Steel" technology. The China Iron and Steel Association has listed digital transformation as one of the three major projects in the industry and launched a three-year action plan for the digital transformation project of the steel industry in the steel industry

In the wave of the AI technology industry, the emergence of "DeepSeek" has truly "set off a thousand waves with one stone". A large number of steel enterprises have made arrangements for "DeepSeek" in their production and operation, and the penetration speed of DeepSeek in China's steel industry has increased significantly.

In order to improve production efficiency, enhance environmental performance and expand product variety, European steel mills implemented a large number of modernization renovation projects in 2024. The relevant investments were mainly used for the upgrading of upstream and downstream facilities.