Tag: industry

Brazil joins race to loosen China’s grip on rare earths industry

By Melanie Burton and Fabio Teixeira MELBOURNE/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Mining giant Brazil has big ambitions to build a rare earths industry as Western economies push to secure the metals needed for magnets used in green energy and defence and break China’s dominance of the supply chain. Working to its advantage are low labour […]

Legoland Florida names industry veteran as new leader

Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal. Legoland Florida has named a new top executive for the theme park and its associated properties in Winter Haven. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS U.K.-based Merlin Entertainments, which owns and operates Legoland Florida, on […]

North Sea platform blown up as Britain’s oil industry declines

North Sea A 48-year-old former North Sea oil platform has been demolished as a looming Labour tax raid on the sector drives a slump in fossil fuel activity in British waters. The Northern Producer platform was demolished with multiple blasts of high explosive last week because of a lack of interest. It was brought ashore […]

Oil spill contamination disrespects public and industry

Enough is enough. Kern County residents are supportive and respectful of the local oil industry. After all, it’s one of the mainstays of the region’s economy. It provides income for many local families and businesses. Oil companies must earn that support and respect. They must operate in a responsible manner. Most do. But the behavior […]

L&I Secretary Walker hosts industry partnership leaders at summit

Jun. 14—WILKES-BARRE — Department of Labor and Industry (L&I) Secretary Nancy A. Walker met this week with industry leaders from across Pennsylvania in Harrisburg for a two-day summit hosted by the Pennsylvania Workforce Development Board to promote the Shapiro Administration’s investments in Industry Partnership projects statewide that prepare Pennsylvania workers for family-sustaining jobs in the […]

US industry groups seek hearing, more on Biden’s China tariff hike

By David Lawder and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A wide swath of pro-trade American business groups has asked the Biden administration for another month to comment on plans to impose steeper tariffs on Chinese imports of electric vehicles, batteries, solar products and other goods, effectively delaying the Aug. 1 start date for many of […]

Waste industry has outsized role in shaping NH’s new landfill regulations

Other states dump trash in New Hampshire at a rate of around 900,000 tons per year, in large part because those neighbors have significantly stricter landfill rules. The Department of Environmental Services says its new regulations – currently in the process of being updated, as required every decade – will be more protective of human […]