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Pork Supply Issue Offers both Opportunity and Risk
2014-02-24 19:10:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Kent Bang, Vice President and Team Leader, Industry Specialists, AgStar Financial Services As I write this month’s Financial Preview, lean hog futures are up over a $1.00 for nearly every month traded. This is nothing new, as we have set contract highs many times since the first of the year. Two key drivers of pork prices have converged, impacting the market for pork. The supply issue has become a growing concern, but also an opportunity. read more
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Indonesian copper smelters at risk as mining policy misfires
2014-02-24 04:53:31| Real Estate - Topix.net
Indonesian policies to force miners to process raw materials at home are misfiring, as disputes over the new rules disrupt plans to invest nearly $4 billion in copper smelters to cater for miners such as Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold.
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India's child cotton pickers at risk
2014-02-23 21:05:15| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Trying to protect children working as cotton pickers
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United Kingdom: HS2 may increase risk homes being flooded, senior Conservatives fear
2014-02-23 16:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Senior Conservatives have raised concerns that HS2 will increase the risk of homes being flooded, as the high-speed train line passes through areas affected by the recent extreme weather, runs over miles of high-risk floodplains and will require the diversion of seven rivers. The Liberal Democrat flooding minister, Dan Rogerson, has admitted the scale of the flood risk associated with HS2 has not been fully assessed for the first phase of the route from London to Birmingham. The HS2 route crosses...
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United Kingdom: Risk of nuclear leak sparks call installation of flood defences
2014-02-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Managers of a nuclear waste dump on the Cumbria coast have been ordered to start preparations to defend the site against floods and erosion, amid fears that radioactive material could one day leak into the sea. Much of the waste buried in vaults and concrete trenches at the Low Level Waste Repository (LLWR) near the village of Drigg originates from one of the world's most contaminated nuclear sites, Sellafield, a few miles away. The waste dump is expected ultimately to require protective flood...
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