June 2019

A Plan to Mine the Minnesota Wilderness Hit a Dead End. Then Trump Became President.

The mining giant controlled by the Luksic family, Antofagasta, took full control of the project in 2015, and its executives have called it the company’s “most advanced international opportunity.” Antofagasta, which is publicly traded in London, is poised to benefit from the growing use of copper in renewable-energy technologies like wind and solar. It lists

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Waste giant Biffa guilty of sending nappies to China

Image copyright Getty Images Biffa has been convicted of breaking the law by sending household rubbish to China that was labelled as waste paper. Instead, the bundles included nappies, sanitary towels and condoms, according to the Environment Agency, which prosecuted the waste giant. The waste management firm was found guilty in a three-week jury trial

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