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Climate change could make premiums unaffordable: QBE Insurance

February 17, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, CHANGE, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Company News, Environment, General News, Government / Politics, GRP, INS, Insurance (TRBC), MINING, Pollution, Property and Casualty Insurance (TRBC), QBE, US

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s QBE Insurance Group (QBE.AX) said on Monday climate change could make some premiums unaffordable, especially for

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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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Sharp rise in Brazilian deforestation undeniable, says sacked research chief

August 4, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Agricultural Markets, Americas, BRAZIL, Carbon / Emissions Markets, Climate Politics, Coffee, Commodities News (3rd Party), Crude Oil, Environment, Environmental Services (TRBC), Government / Politics, Grains, Livestock, Metals and Mining (TRBC), MINING, Picture available, Pictures, Pollution, Science, Softs, South America / Central America, Sugar, Timber / Lumber, US

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Ricardo Galvao, the sacked head of Brazil’s space research agency, said on Saturday the trend of

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U.N. rights boss urges Brazil to preserve Amazon from mining

July 30, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Agricultural Markets, Americas, BRAZIL, Carbon / Emissions Markets, Climate Politics, Crime, Crime / Law / Justice, Environment, Europe, Government / Politics, Human Rights / Civil Rights, Metals and Mining (TRBC), MINING, Murder / Suspected Murder, Nature / Wildlife, Paper and Forest Products (TRBC), POLITICS, South America / Central America, UN, United Nations, US

FILE PHOTO: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet holds a news conference at Centro Cultural Espana in downtown

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