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The War in Ukraine Disrupts Trade in Both Food and Fuel

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Some of the countries in those regions have also been buying Ukrainian wheat (the country is the fifth-largest exporter of wheat) and sunflower oil, for which Ukraine provides half and Russia a fifth of global exports.

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The British government, for example, announced recently that, in a few years, motorists will be able to get up to £5,000 in incentives to buy an electric car. All these measures would be far less costly than subsidies proposed for electric cars. Such bribes would not be necessary to encourage people to switch to electric bicycles.

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My journey to and on the Mauritanian Iron Ore Train

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The journey to Mauritania also attracted me because it went through Southern Spain and Morocco, where I had never been before. But I wanted to discover Morocco, so I took about 10 days for the trip. But I wanted to discover Morocco, so I took about 10 days for the trip. Travelling by train in Morocco is really good.

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Roskill: Spread of COVID-19 threatens cobalt supply; bottlenecks out of DRC

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Roskill has so far recorded the closure of 21 operations as a result of the outbreak, including: Vale’s Voisey’s Bay and Glencore’s Sudbury in Canada; Ambatovy in Madagascar; Coral Bay and Taganito in the Philippines; CTT in Morocco.

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