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After Copenhagen, The Carbon Tariff Trade Wars Begin

Posted on 05. Jan, 2010 by Ross.

In the aftermath of the global economic collapse, the industrialised world looked back at the lessons of the 1930s and realised that the fastest way out of recession was to avoid protectionist trade wars and to keep international markets as open as possible, in order to try to keep trade flowing as freely as possible [...]

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Energy Prices Leave UK Steel On The Brink Of Collapse

Posted on 15. Jul, 2009 by Ross.

The UK steel industry is facing oblivion in the face of falling demand and high energy prices which make it uncompetitive.
Anglo-Dutch steel firm Corus recently cut 4,000 jobs - a sixth of its workforce - and shut down two furnaces in Scunthorpe and Newport. Rotherham’s electric arc furnace, used for recycling scrap metal, is likely [...]

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