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FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm speaks during an interview with Reuters in Washington, D.C., U.S.,  June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Douglas/File Photo
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US to start buying up to $2.7 billion in domestic nuclear reactor fuel

The U.S. is bidding to buy domestically-supplied enriched uranium, in an effort to steer the country away from buying it from Russia.

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Electric vehicle tariffs: What’s next for the future of EVs in Canada?

The Conversation: As the Canadian federal government considers a tariff on Chinese electric vehicles — intended to offset some of China’s intentional market...

FILE PHOTO: A view of the logo of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) outside its headquarters in Vienna, Austria, November 30, 2023. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
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US Senate committee probes oil producers on price collusion with OPEC

The oil producers that the committee is probing include Exxon Mobil, Chevron and ConocoPhillips.

FILE PHOTO: Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador attends a press conference after the general election, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico June 3, 2024. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo
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Mexico to seek deal over disputed mining concession with Chinese lithium firm

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday that his government will seek an agreement with Chinese lithium miner Ganfeng

FILE PHOTO: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gestures as she addresses her first State of the European Union speech during a plenary session of the European Parliament as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Brussels, Belgium September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
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EU lawmakers divided over calls to delay deforestation law

The law will require companies and traders placing beef, coffee, palm oil and other products on the EU market to prove their supply...

FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows BYD electric vehicles (EV) before being loaded onto the "BYD Explorer No.1" roll-on, roll-off vehicle carrier for export to Brazil, at the port of Lianyungang in Jiangsu province, China April 25, 2024. China Daily via REUTERS/File Photo
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China hopes for EV tariff deal with EU that suits both sides

China hopes negotiations with the EU on preliminary tariffs on Chinese EVs will lead to a "mutually acceptable solution"

FILE PHOTO: A Volvo logo is pictured in Brussels, Belgium March 4, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
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Volvo to delay EV EX30’s US shipments due to higher tariffs on Chinese imports

Volvo won't deliver the EVs until 2025 as it shifts production of the compact SUV out of China in the wake of tariff...

FILE PHOTO: A person walks next to BYD Seal car in a BYD Auto company and Autotorino store in Milan, Italy, March 20, 2024. REUTERS/Claudia Greco/File Photo
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Peru trying to lure BYD auto plant with industrial park incentive

President Dina Boluarte said if BYD were to build an auto assembly plant in Peru, it would benefit from the Chancay port under...

The Haisla First Nation's Kitimaat Village is seen in an aerial view along the Douglas Channel near Kitimat, B.C., on January 10, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Canada’s Pembina, Haisla First Nation give green light to proposed US$4B LNG project

The project will involve the construction of a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility near Kitimat, B.C.

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