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China to modify environmental supervision of firms to boost post-coronavirus recovery

March 10, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, CHINA, China (PRC), Commodities News (3rd Party), Company News, CORONAVIRUS, Crime / Law / Justice, Diseases, Economic News (3rd Party), Emerging Market Countries, Energy (TRBC), Environment, General News, Government / Politics, HEALTH, Health / Medicine, Healthcare (TRBC), Industrials (TRBC), Infectious Diseases, International Agencies / Treaty Groups, Labour / Personnel, Major News, Mineral Resources (TRBC), MINING, Monetary / Fiscal Policy / Policy Makers, Pollution, Society / Social Issues, STEEL, Taxation, Transportation (TRBC), United Nations, US, Utilities (TRBC), World Health Organization

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China will modify the environmental supervision of companies to help the resumption of production disrupted by the

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Activist investors tighten screws on Rio Tinto’s emissions plan

March 5, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, Carbon / Emissions Markets, Climate Politics, CLIMATECHANGE, Company News, Environment, Europe, General News, Government / Politics, Iron Ore, MINING, Pollution, RIO, Specialty Mining and Metals (TRBC), STEEL, TINTO, United Kingdom, US

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Investors in Rio Tinto Ltd have renewed efforts to force the world’s biggest iron ore miner to

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Ex-boxer mayor seeks EU green funds to get Polish coal town off the ropes

March 3, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments CHANGE, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, East European Countries, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Europe, European Union, General News, Government / Politics, Labour / Personnel, Major News, MINING, Poland, US

BYTOM, Poland (Reuters) – As a teenager, Mariusz Wolosz was a promising boxer in Bytom in southern Poland, where his

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Portuguese communities lock horns with lithium miners to save their land

February 14, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, China (PRC), Company News, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Enterprise Reporting, Environment, EU Institutions, Euro Zone, Europe, European Union, Graphics, INSIGHT, Insights, LITHIUM, Major News, Metals and Mining (TRBC), Mineral Resources (TRBC), MINING, Official Reserves, Pictures, Pollution, PORTUGAL, Special Reports, Specialty Mining and Metals (TRBC), United Kingdom, US, Western Europe

LISBON (Reuters) – The lush, green hills where Paulo Pires has for years brought sheep to graze above his picturesque

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Cyclone nears Australia’s west with heavy winds, risk of storm tide

February 8, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, Company News, CYCLONE, Disasters / Accidents, Europe, General News, Iron / Steel, Iron Ore, MINING, Precipitation, Specialty Mining and Metals (TRBC), STEEL, Transportation (TRBC), United Kingdom, US, Weather Markets / Weather, Western Europe, Wildfires / Forest Fires, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A tropical cyclone expected to hit Western Australia on Saturday was forecast to bring ferocious winds and

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Australia celebrates as heavy rains dampen huge bushfires

February 7, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Company News, Disasters / Accidents, Europe, General News, Major News, MINING, Pictures, Precipitation, Specialty Mining and Metals (TRBC), Sweden, Transportation (TRBC), United Kingdom, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Much of Australia’s wildfire-ravaged east coast was drenched on Friday by the biggest rainfall in almost 20

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Beijing cuts city smog by more than 17% in 2019

January 3, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, CHINA, China (PRC), Coal, Commodities News (3rd Party), Emerging Market Countries, Energy (TRBC), Environment, Government / Politics, Health / Medicine, MINING, Pollution, Real Estate Markets, Society / Social Issues, STEEL, US, Utilities (TRBC)

FILE PHOTO: Vehicles move amid smog on a polluted day in Beijing, China November 26, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee BEIJING (Reuters)

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Lithium miner SQM considering options after environmental court ruling

December 28, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Agricultural Chemicals (TRBC), Americas, Chile, Commodity Chemicals (TRBC), Company News, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, LITHIUM, Metals and Mining (TRBC), MINING, Nature / Wildlife, Pollution, Regulation, South America / Central America, SQM, US, Water

(Reuters) – SQM, the world´s No. 2 lithium producer, said on Friday it “regrets” a ruling by a Chilean environmental

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China September steel output skids to six-month low on anti-pollution curbs

October 18, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Asia Crudes, Basic Materials (TRBC), CHINA, China (PRC), Commodities News (3rd Party), Derivatives, Economic Indicators, Economic News (3rd Party), ECONOMY, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Industrial Output, Industrials (TRBC), Iron / Steel, Iron Ore, Major News, Metals and Mining (TRBC), Metals Markets, Mineral Resources (TRBC), MINING, OUTPUT, Pollution, Real Estate Markets, STEEL, US

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s monthly crude steel output slid to a six-month low in September, official data showed on Friday,

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Brazil miner Vale expects to mostly finish paying for burst dam by 2021

October 3, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Basic Materials (TRBC), BRAZIL, Commodities News (3rd Party), Company News, DISASTER, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, Iron / Steel, Iron Ore, Metals and Mining (TRBC), Metals Markets, Mineral Resources (TRBC), MINING, Picture available, Results Forecasts / Warnings, SA, South America / Central America, Specialty Mining and Metals (TRBC), US, VALE

FILE PHOTO: A view of a collapsed tailings dam owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA, in Brumadinho, Brazil February

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