RBS to stop financing new coal plants, oil sands or arctic oil projects
Britain’s Royal Bank of Scotland said it had tightened restrictions on project finance and general lending for high-carbon energy projects and companies.
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Australia’s Galaxy Resources to sell tenements in Argentina to POSCO for $280 mln
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Avanco axes Brazil copper mine production over truck drivers strike
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