Thursday, 19 September 2024

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FILE PHOTO: The logo of Stellantis is seen on the company's building in Velizy-Villacoublay near Paris, France, March 19, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
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Stellantis faces unprecedented UAW strikes a year after national walkout

The United Auto Workers union may strike Stellantis' U.S. plants, citing contract breaches and struggling U.S. operations.

FILE PHOTO: A general view of ZEVO 600 by the automaker General Motors (GM) Brightdrop unit's CAMI EV Assembly, Canada's first full-scale electric vehicle manufacturing plant, in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada December 5, 2022.  REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo
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Canadian union, GM reach agreement for Ontario plant workers

Unifor extended its contract talks with GM, avoiding a strike at Ontario’s CAMI plant that makes EVs and batteries.

FILE PHOTO: A view of Cobre Panama mine of Canadian First Quantum Minerals, one of the world's largest open-pit copper mines, which was forced to shut down after Panama's top court ruled that its contract was unconstitutional, following nationwide protests opposed to its continued operation, during a media tour, in Donoso, Panama, January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Tarina Rodriguez/File Photo
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First Quantum Minerals offers voluntary retirement to Cobre Panama workers: sources

First Quantum offers voluntary retirement or reduced hours to workers at Panama copper mine amid contract dispute and closure.

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Stellantis is seen on the company's building in Poissy, near Paris, France, September 4, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo
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UAW files unfair labor practice charges against Stellantis

The United Auto Workers union said on Monday it has filed unfair labor practice charges against Stellantis.

Audi is considering closing its plant in Brussels, a move analysts say is symptomatic of the troubles afflicting Europe's wider electric car industry (BELGA)
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Europe’s EV troubles bubble up at Brussels Audi factory

Workers at Brussels Audi plant strike after company considers closure of EV factory amid falling sales.

Aeral view of Siderurgica Huachipato, in Talcahuano, Bio Bio region, taken on September 11, 2024. Huachipato, Chile's largest steelmaker, will shut down its furnace on September 16, 2024, the end of a 74-year-old company with strong social roots that succumbed to ‘unfair’ competition from Chinese steel. (AFP)
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Chile’s biggest steelworks sunk by cheap Chinese imports

Chile's Huachipato steel mill, an economic and cultural hub for Talcahuano, is closing after 74 years, driven out by cheaper Chinese imports, costing...

The Grangemouth refinery will close next year (PA)
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Grangemouth refinery confirmed to close in first half of next year

Scotland's only oil refinery will shift to import-only, with closure of Grangemouth operations reducing staff just to 75.

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Opinion: Oil and gas communities are a weak spot in America’s climate and economic policies

Noah Kaufman: The economies of oil- and gas-dependent towns face a unique threat from global efforts to address the risks of climate change,...

Tata Steel’s Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales (Ben Birchall/PA)
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New deal to help transition of steel production at Port Talbot

UK Government strikes deal over workers as thousands of jobs set to go as Port Talbot embraces electric arc production for steel.

Volkswagen employees protested at the start of a automaker's general meeting last week after it said earlier in the week it could take the unprecedented step of closing production sites in Germany (POOL)
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Crisis-hit Volkswagen scraps German job protection deal

Volkswagen ends a decades-old job protection deal in Germany to cut costs, facing union pushback over potential layoffs.

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