By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) -The chair of an Australian senate committee looking into PricewaterhouseCoopers’ leak of a confidential government tax plan has called for an international inv[...]
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Factbox – Graphite producers doing deals with automakers and battery groups
LONDON (Reuters) – Automakers are rushing to lock in graphite supply from outside dominant producer China as mined graphite demand for electric vehicle (EV) batteries outpaces other uses. Below[...]
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Analysis-Auto firms race to secure non-Chinese graphite for EVs as shortages loom
By Eric Onstad LONDON (Reuters) – Automakers, including Tesla and Mercedes, are rushing to lock in graphite supply from outside dominant producer China, as demand for electric vehicle (EV) batte[...]
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Transgrid to invest $11 billion to ready Australian state for 100% renewables
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s most populous state will be ready for 100% renewable energy within a decade under a A$16.5 billion ($11.20 billion) infrastructure investment plan[...]
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Rio Tinto reopens iron ore rail line in Western Australia after derailment
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The world’s biggest iron ore miner Rio Tinto said on Wednesday that it had reopened a rail line at its Western Australian operations after a train carrying iron ore n[...]
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Australia’s competition tribunal blocks Telstra-TPG Telecom network deal
By Harish Sridharan (Reuters) -The Australian Competition Tribunal (ACT) upheld a decision to block an asset transfer deal between wireless internet firms Telstra Group and TPG Telecom, the companies[...]
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Exclusive-Tesla standard: BTC Power joins move to add to EV chargers
By Abhirup Roy SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – BTC Power will add Tesla’s standard to its electric vehicle chargers next year, its chief executive told Reuters on Tuesday, days after Ford and Ge[...]
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Dollar firms amid supportive U.S. data; Swedish crown, Aussie slide
(Refiles to add dropped day in paragraph 1) By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and Samuel Indyk NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar edged higher against the euro on Tuesday after data showed U.S. housing starts sur[...]
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Paris air show: India centre stage as another big jet deal lands
By Joanna Plucinska and Valerie Insinna PARIS (Reuters) – India dominated the Paris Airshow for a second day on Tuesday, as Air India finalised a huge order for 470 planes from Airbus and Boeing[...]
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