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December 28, 2015

Global miners steel for worse after torrid year
Sydney (AFP) Dec 27, 2015
Global miners are battling to stay afloat after enduring one of the toughest years in recent times, with tumbling commodity prices and supply gluts set to force more closures and massive cuts in 2016, analysts say. China's once insatiable appetite for commodities - boosted by an unprecedented investment boom in the world's second-largest economy - has waned, with its shift towards consumption-driven growth dampening demand. At the same time, large producers have continued to lift output levels ... read more

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AREVA TN Signs Agreement for a Partnership with the Chinese firm Apollo AREVA TN signed an agreement at the end of November fora strategic partnership with the Chinese company Shangai Apollo Machinery Co. Ltd in China, a qualified Chinese supplier for the nuclear indust ... more		Toxic smog brings nightmare 'white Christmas' to Beijing Beijing residents woke up to a white Christmas Friday morning but with the sky obscured by thick toxic smog rather than snow after more than 100 million people across China had been warned to stay indoors. ... more		New U.S.-European Sea Level Satellite Will Help Safeguard Ships at Sea Planet captures first light from Pelican-3 satellite as constellation expands Trump signs memorandum to deploy U.S. National Guard troops to Memphis		Families of Brazil mine spill victims offered $25,600 The families of people killed and missing after a catastrophic collapse of a waste water dam at a mine in Brazil last month were each offered $25,600 Thursday by the company responsible. ... more
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Japan to Suggest Possible Nuclear Waste Disposal Sites by Late 2016

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US air strikes in Afghan district under Taliban siege

Floods in Britain prompt emergency government talks

More than 160,000 evacuated in deadly LatAm floods

Damascus ready to enter Geneva peace talks: Syria FM

Taiwan presidential frontrunner vows to seek peaceful China ties

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