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FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past Anglo American Platinum's Unki mine in Shurugwi, Zimbabwe, May 16,2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo
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Amplats says on track to demerge in 2025, plans secondary London listing

Amplats expects its demerger from parent company Anglo American to be completed next year and is planning a secondary listing in London

FILE PHOTO: Illuminate USA solar panel plant is seen in Pataskala, Ohio, U.S., July 15, 2024.  REUTERS/Megan Jelinger/File Photo
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Snapshot: Chinese-owned solar factories in the US

Some of the largest Chinese solar panel makers are setting up shop in the US thanks to new clean energy manufacturing subsidies

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Opinion: Saskatchewan’s new oil and gas high school courses are out of step with global climate action

Opinion: Instead of training high school students for an industry that the world is transitioning away from, we need education on energy alternatives...

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‘Think of climate policy as economic policy,’ says Pembina Institute scorecard on Canada’s climate progress

Pembina Institute: "One thing is clear: a lack of planning, or a lack of action, will not stop the effects of climate change...

Grangemouth will begin transitioning to an oil import terminal next year (Jane Barlow/PA)
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Ensuring future for Grangemouth oil refinery is ‘real priority’: UK PM Starmer

The British prime minister said the situation at Scotland's Grangemouth refinery is a “cause of concern”.

FILE PHOTO: A staff member hands an umbrella to a man outside a store of Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio at the company's manufacturing base in Hefei, Anhui province, China June 28, 2024. REUTERS/Ellen Zhang/FIle Photo
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Nio CFO Feng steps down, EV maker appoints insider as successor

EV maker Nio said on Friday Steven Wei Feng has stepped down as its CFO, effective immediately, citing personal reasons

FILE PHOTO: Volunteer firefighter members of the Alto Pantanal Brigade walk through a burned area while working to extinguish a fire rising in the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, in Corumba, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil, June 14, 2024. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo
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Intense fires burn in Brazil as court mandates return of striking environmental workers

The decision was made as intense fires burn in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands and with the oil industry hampered by the lack of licensing...

A recording light of a TV camera is flashing red as Siemens Energy CEO Christian Bruch addresses the annual results news conference in Munich, Germany, November 15, 2023.   REUTERS/Leo Simon/ File Photo
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Siemens Energy plans 10,000 hires for electricity grid unit, FT says

Siemens Energy plans to recruit more than 10,000 employees as it invests 1.2bn euros in its electricity grid business over the next six...

Mining trucks are seen at the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia's South Gobi region June 23, 2012.  REUTERS/David Stanway/File Photo
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Rio Tinto in talks to avert strike at Mongolian copper mine

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Global miner Rio Tinto is negotiating with workers at its Oyu Tolgoi copper operations in Mongolia to avert further industrial...

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How to create jobs for First Nations Australians in the clean energy transition

The Conversation: Done well, the renewable energy transition should improve the lives of First Nations Australians.

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