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Sustainable BusinessGeneralist funds flow back into mining as prices, inflation climb Zandi ShabalalaClara Denina 5 minute read Workers of BHP Billitons Escondida, the worlds biggest copper mine, are seen in front of the open pit, in Antofagasta, northern Chile March 31, 2008. Picture taken March 31, 2008. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado//File Photo Surging prices for commodities, stronger balance sheets and rising inflation have lured back to mining stocks generalist investors that for years shunned the...

Sustainable BusinessAlcoa gets Australian grant for process to cut alumina emissions Reuters 2 minute read Alcoa Corp (AA.N) is looking to develop a process to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the refining of alumina by up to 70%, with support from an Australian government agency grant, the two groups said on Friday. Refining alumina, which is used to make aluminium, accounted for about 24% of Australias direct manufacturing emissions, or more than 14 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2019, ...

EnergyIndias JSW Steel examining bid for Guptas British business -sources Neha AroraJohn OdonnellClara Denina 4 minute read 1/3 The logo of JSW is seen on the companys headquarters in Mumbai, India, February 11, 2016. Indian conglomerate JSW Group, whose businesses range from power to steel and cement, is looking to buy debt-laden port assets in the country as part of a strategy for a massive expansion of its ports capacity, its chief financial officer said. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo R...

COMMENT | Eliminate the unacceptable. End child labour. Modified11:08 pm - COMMENT | The United Nations has declared 2021 as the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour. A total of 62 million children in the Asia Pacific region are in child labour. It is a simple sentence to write but far harder to comprehend. Sixty-two million children. Spend a moment to think just how big that number is – roughly similar to every child aged under 14 in the Philippines, Vietnam and Japan com...

European Union trade ministers will discuss a dispute over steel and aluminium tariffs with U.S. officials at a meeting in Brussels on Thursday, German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said.

ChinaChinas industrial commodities slide after Beijing warns of market crackdown Reuters 1/2 A man walks by an iron ore blending site at Dalian Port, Liaoning province, China September 21, 2018. Picture taken September 21, 2018. REUTERS/Muyu Xu Read More Chinas main industrial commodities tumbled on Thursday after the government announced stepped-up measures to keep a lid on soaring raw material prices which threaten to undermine the countrys economic recovery. Prices of key steelmaking ingredi...

EnergyBASF, Canada in early talks on EV battery production - source Christoph SteitzSteve Scherer 5 minute read Several companies, including Germanys BASF SE (BASFn.DE), are in preliminary talks about tapping a federal clean tech fund to set up production for electric vehicle batteries in Canada, a government official with knowledge of the discussions said. The talks are centered on understanding whether the goals of BASF and others fit with the aim of the C$8 billion ($6.6 billion) "Net Zero A...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday urged Arctic states to resume high-level military meetings amid growing tension in the region and expressed concern about the deployment of foreign troops in Norway near the Russian border.

EnvironmentAnalysis: To tackle climate change, China must overhaul its vast power grid Muyu XuJohn Geddie 7 minute read Power lines and wind turbines are pictured at a wind and solar energy storage and transmission power station of State Grid Corporation of China, in Zhangjiakou of Hebei province, China, March 18, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee One of the most pressing challenges for China to meet its pledge to cap carbon emissions this decade and pivot toward renewables is overhauling its electricity...

China will strengthen its management of commodity supply and demand to curb "unreasonable" increases in prices and prevent them being passed on to consumers, the country's cabinet said on Wednesday, as it urged coal producers to boost output.