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  The Guardian

  ‘Gone ballistic’: lithium price rockets nearly 500% in a year amid electric vehicle rush

  Labour shortages at West Australian mines contribute to rise but some analysts urge caution to investors

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  Reuters

  Indian billionaires face off in race to solar domination

  Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani's $10 billion entry into renewable energy could drive solar tariffs further to the ground and ignite bidding wars with fellow billionaire Gautam Adani, industry analysts say. India's two richest men are vying to be at the forefront of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambition to ramp up green energy capacity in the world's second-most populous country more than four-fold to 450 gigawatts (GW) by 2030. They have mostly avoided operating in each other's space and the r

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  Evening Standard

  Jeff Buckley biopic: Reeve Carney to star as late musician in upcoming film

  Buckley’s estate are on board with the movie, which means his entire discography can be used in the soundtrack

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  The Independent

  Anna Calvi on why Jeff Buckley’s Grace feels like falling in love for the first time

  I still feel it’s important to hear an album in its entirety. Once you know it, of course it’s fine to skip to the songs you like. But at first, I want to hear that sequence of songs. That’s how I listened to Jeff Buckley’s only studio album, Grace.A friend gave me Grace on cassette when I was 17, and they told me: “If you like Radiohead, you’ll like this.” I listened, and I was so amazed by this voice I’d never heard before that I stayed up all night listening again and again. It altered the co

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  The Guardian

  Australian miners hit by lowest thermal coal price in more than a decade

  Australian miners hit by lowest thermal coal price in more than a decadeDrop comes as usage in Europe and the US declines and China tightens use of imported coal

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  The Guardian

  Coal report says Australian exports have peaked and are in 'terminal long-term decline'

  The report says export volumes from the port of Newcastle, the world’s largest coal export harbour, peaked in 2016 and have begun a permanent decline. The Australian coal export industry has peaked and entered a “terminal long-term decline”, says a new report that argues high prices have pushed global energy markets more quickly towards cheaper and cleaner alternatives. The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis report, which focuses on the outlook for the New South Wales coal i

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  The Guardian

  Adani says it still needs a loan for rail line if coalmine is to go ahead

  Adani needs to build a $2bn, 300km rail line if the Carmichael coalmine is to go ahead. Adani says its Carmichael coalmine remains contingent on a loan to build a rail line to the Galilee Basin – comments that analysts believe will ramp up pressure on the Australian government to further subsidise the project. Karan Adani, the son of company boss Gautam Adani, and the head of the conglomerate’s ports business, told India’s Economic Times the company had “completed financing on the mine” and th

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  The Guardian

  China may bankroll Adani's Carmichael mine, statements show

  Anti-Carmichael coalmine protesters hold a banner outside the AGM for the Australian mining construction company Downer EDI. Adani’s proposed Carmichael coalmine may end up being bankrolled by the Chinese-state-owned enterprise China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC), according to public statements. The statements raise questions about the role of any potential Australian government loan through the Northern Australian Infrastructure Facility (Naif) or Efic, since it could, in effect, b

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  Reuters

  Vanguard CIO Buckley to take over as CEO from McNabb on January 1

  By Ross Kerber BOSTON (Reuters) - Vanguard Group, the world's largest mutual fund manager, said on Thursday Chief Executive Bill McNabb will step down at year end and be replaced by Chief Investment Officer Tim Buckley, betting on the internal successor to oversee rapid growth. McNabb, 60, who took the CEO job in 2008, will remain chairman of the Pennsylvania company where he oversaw massive inflows to its low-cost products, including index funds, after steering the company through the financi

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  The Telegraph

  Vanguard chief Bill McNabb to step down

  Vanguard chief Bill McNabb to step down

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