Zimbabwe’s Steel Industry Revitalized with New $1.5 Billion Plant

Zimbabwe’s got itself a brand new iron and steel manufacturing plant, courtesy of the Chinese. Metal Miner reports that this U.S. $1.5 billion Chinese-built plant’s blast furnace recently came online and is already producing pig iron, a crucial ingredient for making steel. The team over at Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco), the Zimbabwean subsidiary of Chinese…

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GEF Council approves $700M+ for vast environmental needs

◇ GEF Council The Global Environment Facility’s governing body has approved more than $700 million for nature protection and renewal projects, including support for the Great Green Wall and investment in large-scale initiatives for sustainable cities, cleaner industries, improved ocean and land health, and greater climate change resilience.  The funding from the GEF Trust Fund, Least…

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