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FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A small toy figure and mineral imitation are seen in front of the BHP logo in this illustration taken November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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BHP-Anglo prospects flag more M&A ahead for miners

BHP's bid for Anglo American underlines the growing appetite for energy transition metals like copper, investors and mining CEOs said Weds

FILE- Residents stand in a blockade in Noumea, New Caledonia, on May, 15, 2024. Global nickel prices have soared since deadly violence erupted in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. (AP Photo/Nicolas Job, File)
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How is the violent unrest in New Caledonia hitting nickel prices?

The overseas French territory is a crucial source of nickel, but deadly riots over constitutional changes could affect the supply of the mineral...

FILE PHOTO: A logo of TotalEnergies is seen at an electric vehicle fuelling station in the La Defense business district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo
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Macron urges TotalEnergies to stay in France after talk of US listing

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged oil giant TotalEnergies to remain in France after news of the company's potential US listing

FILE PHOTO: The logo on an XPeng P7 performance electric vehicle is seen in New York, U.S., August 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
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Xpeng shares surge on EV tech service, upbeat comments on self-driving tech

Shares in EV maker Xpeng jumped Wednesday driven by revenue growth from research and development and goals for gains in self-driving tech

A Togg electric car rolling off the assembly line in Gemlik near Bursa in western Turkey (AFP)
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Turkey bets on Togg to give its car industry electric edge

Togg EVs are part of President Erdogan's plan to turn carmaker into a source of national pride and a hub for Europe's electric...

FILE PHOTO: Model of Oil barrels are seen in front of rising stock graph in this illustration, July 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File photo
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Oil slips for third session on likely ‘higher for longer’ US rates

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices fell more than 1% on Wednesday, retreating for a third straight day, as Fed officials rekindled worries about...

FILE - Smoke from an explosion at the TPC Group plant is seen Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, in Port Neches, Texas. The Texas petrochemical company has pleaded guilty to a violation of the Clean Air Act and has agreed to pay more than $30 million related to two explosions in 2019 at their facility in Port Neches, which caused the evacuation of thousands and injured workers, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (Marie D. De Jesús//Houston Chronicle via AP, File)
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Petrochemical company fined more than $30m for explosions

Texas-based TPC Group explosions caused 50,000 to be evacuated and $130m of property damage, violating the Clean Air Act.

The old Wylfa power station was decommissioned in 2015 (Alamy/PA)
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Wylfa in Wales chosen as Government’s top site for major nuclear plant

Ministers are starting talks with energy firms to explore building the UK’s third mega-nuclear power station in Wylfa.

More than a dozen severe storms swept the two countries between October and March (Ben Birchall/PA)
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Rainfall in UK and Ireland ‘made 20% heavier by climate change’

Rainfall in the storms which battered the UK and Ireland last winter were made around 20% heavier by climate change, scientists have said.

The study warns half the world’s mangroves are at risk (Emily Beament/PA)
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Half the world’s mangroves ‘at risk of collapse’ from climate change

Storing 11bn tonnes of carbon, valuable mangrove ecosystems across the world are under threat from sea levels rising and brutal coastal storms.

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