Barclays, the Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC are among the top banks that have lent billions of euros to the coal sector – despite their much-vaunted environmental credentials, a new investigation has found.
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Banking on the next Fukushima
Despite the nuclear disaster at Fukushima witnessed by the world, there are plans to build a major nuclear power station in a highly earthquake-prone region on the west coast of India. The Jaitapur nuclear plant …
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Bankers to brave -30C to pitch for Mongolian mine
More than 20 of the world’s biggest investment banks will pitch for roles on a potential $8bn London listing of a state-owned Mongolian coal mine.
Bankers from HSBC, Deutsche, Credit Suisse, Citi and Macquarie are …
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Now precious metals market fraud too?
UK bank HSBC has been accused in the USA, along with JPMorgan, of manipulating silver prices.
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HSBC worried about its gold….
U.S. asset managers worried Obama could confiscate gold
Speaking at the FT Silver conference in London, lead-off speaker John Levin, HSBC Bank’s Managing Director, Global Metals and Trading (HSBC is one of the world’s top …
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Philippines: Groups urge international banks: Stop Funding Destructive Mining Projects
Environmentalists, indigenous peoples, and Church people picketed the Australian New Zealand (ANZ) Bank office in Makati City demanding that the bank withdraw its funding from what they call a destructive mining project.
The ANZ, the …
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