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The first generating unit of Itaipu Binacional on the Paraná River was synchronised on 5 May 1984, starting the plant that grew into one of the world's largest hydropower stations.

China held the grand commencement ceremony for the Three Gorges Project at Sandouping on the Yangtze on 14 December 1994, starting what became the world's largest hydropower plant.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi opened the expanded Suez Canal on 6 August 2015 at a ceremony in Ismailia, after a year of digging that added 72 kilometres of new waterways. Analysts questioned whether the projected revenue gains were realistic.

Premier Li Qiang presided over the groundbreaking in Nyingchi on 19 July 2025 for the Medog hydropower project, planned as the world's largest, on the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet.

On 3 December 2025 SimFer, the Rio Tinto-partnered venture, announced that the first shipment of Simandou iron ore had left Moribaya Port in Guinea for global steelmakers.