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...Trees vs concrete: Madrid mayor accused of bucking green city trend. Carmakers’ latest Brexit angst highlights risk of UK falling behind EV battery race....
...Asamoah’s story encapsulates the uneasy coexistence of the two faces of the DRC’s cobalt industry: on one side, the industrial mines run by multinationals like Glencore that are sealed off by concrete walls...
...I remember the smells of old materials and you were immersed in this sense of history....
...Many of the materials that buildings and roads are made from — such as tar and concrete — absorb and retain energy from the sun’s rays, warming their surroundings....
...The largest disparity in the FTSE 100 was in the materials sector, with Iván Arriagada Herrera of Antofagasta averaging an annual 27 per cent return versus the -5 per cent average of Fresnillo’s Octavio...
...Few materials are as cheap and readily available, but the recycling of old construction materials could help reduce demand, while cities could be designed in a way that reduces the need for concrete....
...As the concrete jungle prepares to reopen, it will have to reinvent itself to keep talented people, and by extension, businesses....
...The US-focused building materials group announced it would sell its European distribution business to Blackstone for €1.6bn....
...Bill Campbell is a portfolio manager at investment firm DoubleLine...
...Monumental outdoor concrete sculptures sit in stark glory in the high-desert landscapes....
...The only concrete plans are for Ford to make a commercial van and a pick-up truck for VW, and for VW to make a city van for Ford....
...The senators wrote: “We have no way of knowing at this time whether Mr Icahn made any of his renewable fuel credit trades or decisions about trades based on material, non-public information or otherwise...
...Tata Steel has publicly insisted there is no concrete timetable for completing the divestment....
...No concrete financials per se, but there are a number of perturbing risk factors presented for the yet-to-be profitable business....
...Peter Campbell Kept in check Burberry ’s Christmas campaign featured British celebrities, including Naomi Campbell and Julie Walters....
...Meanwhile, shares in CRH, the Irish buildings materials group that produces concrete and asphalt and has significant sales in the US, rose more than 8 per cent....
...So did Naomi Campbell. The audience was happy. At Loewe, there were Manga images. Judo jackets. It was about Japan, right? Not quite....
...Since then, experiments at JET have used non-reactive hydrogen to test plasma physics, systems and materials for ITER....
...The Serpentine summer parties are famous for their A-List line-up, with this year’s event featuring Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Sarah Jessica Parker....
...A year ago, they say, preparing for a speech or the weekly parliamentary joust with Ed Miliband, Labour’s leader, was an exercise in making the most of thin material....
...Customers were putting the machines in storage and only wanted them to generate cash that they need to pay salaries, electricity bills and buy raw materials....
...“Natural resources and securing supply of basic materials will continue to be a main theme,” says Mr Campbell-Breeden....
...Cemex was the world’s largest producer of ready-mix concrete, the world’s third-largest cement manufacturer, and it was hungry for more....
...largely offsetting gains in materials and industrials....
...Food companies Hormel Foods and Campbell Soup reported quarterly earnings Campbell Soup fell 2.4 per cent to $34.00 after it missed analysts' expectations....
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