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Chinese steel factory officials detained after explosion that leaves 4 dead, 6 missing

January 19, 2026January 19, 2026 · Finance

Chinese police have detained those in charge of a steel factory in Inner Mongolia after an explosion killed four people Source link

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Crews carefully start removing first piece of twisted steel from collapsed Baltimore bridge

Crews carefully start removing first piece of twisted steel from collapsed Baltimore bridge

March 30, 2024March 30, 2024 · Finance

BALTIMORE — Teams of engineers worked Saturday on the intricate process of cutting and lifting the first section of twisted steel from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge,…

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Tata announces plans to cut 2,800 steel jobs in a blow to Welsh town

Tata announces plans to cut 2,800 steel jobs in a blow to Welsh town

January 19, 2024January 19, 2024 · World News

LONDON — Indian firm Tata Steel announced Friday it will close both blast furnaces at its plant in Port Talbot, Wales, eliminating 2,800 jobs, as part of plans…

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Furnace explosion at Chinese-owned nickel plant in Indonesia kills at least 13 and injures 46 others

Furnace explosion at Chinese-owned nickel plant in Indonesia kills at least 13 and injures 46 others

December 24, 2023December 24, 2023 · Finance

PALU, Indonesia — A smelting furnace exploded Sunday at a Chinese-owned nickel plant on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 13 workers and injuring dozens of others, police…

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Offshore wind projects face economic storm. Cancellations jeopardize Biden clean energy goals

Offshore wind projects face economic storm. Cancellations jeopardize Biden clean energy goals

November 4, 2023November 4, 2023 · Breaking News

WASHINGTON — The cancellation of two large offshore wind projects in New Jersey is the latest in a series of setbacks for the nascent U.S. offshore wind industry,…

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Explosion off Nigeria points to threat posed by aging oil ships around the world

Explosion off Nigeria points to threat posed by aging oil ships around the world

October 29, 2023October 29, 2023 · Finance

OKITIPUPA, Nigeria — It was the dead of night when the ship caught fire, Patrick Aganyebi remembers, but the flames made it seem as bright as day. The…

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Kazakhstan confirms nationalization of ArcelorMittal subsidiary after mine fire kills at least 32

Kazakhstan confirms nationalization of ArcelorMittal subsidiary after mine fire kills at least 32

October 28, 2023October 29, 2023 · Finance

LONDON — Kazakhstan confirmed the nationalization of ArcelorMittal Temirtau which operates the country’s largest steel plants and several coal and ore mines following a coal mine fire that…

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Inside scientists’ mission to save America’s wine industry from climate change

Inside scientists’ mission to save America’s wine industry from climate change

September 28, 2023September 29, 2023 · Breaking News

ALPINE, Ore. — The U.S. West Coast produces over 90% of America’s wine, but the region is also prone to wildfires — a combustible combination that spelled disaster…

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Furnace explosion at Chinese-owned nickel plant in Indonesia kills at least 13 and injures 46 others

Taiwan factory fire leaves at least 5 dead, more than 100 injured

September 23, 2023September 23, 2023 · Breaking News

A fire and subsequent explosions at a golf ball factory in southern Taiwan have killed at least five people and injured more than 100 others, and five people…

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Furnace explosion at Chinese-owned nickel plant in Indonesia kills at least 13 and injures 46 others

Federal investigators subpoena Pennsylvania agency for records related to chocolate plant explosion

September 18, 2023September 19, 2023 · US News

Federal safety investigators issued a subpoena to Pennsylvania’s public utility regulator on Monday for documents related to a fatal explosion at a chocolate factory, escalating a months-long legal…

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Japan announces emergency relief measures for seafood exporters hit by China’s ban

Japan announces emergency relief measures for seafood exporters hit by China’s ban

September 4, 2023September 4, 2023 · Finance

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Monday a 20.7 billion yen ($141 million) emergency fund to help exporters hit by a ban on Japanese seafood…

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Rain and a wrong address delayed firefighters reaching a Philippine factory blaze. 15 people died

Rain and a wrong address delayed firefighters reaching a Philippine factory blaze. 15 people died

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023 · Finance

A fire has killed 15 people in a small apparel factory in a Philippine residential area, where flooding, traffic and a wrong address delayed firefighters ByThe Associated Press…

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Rain and a wrong address delayed firefighters reaching a Philippine factory blaze. 15 people died

Rain and a wrong address delayed firefighters reaching a Philippine factory blaze. 15 people died

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023 · Breaking News

A fire has killed 15 people in a small apparel factory in a Philippine residential area, where flooding, traffic and a wrong address delayed firefighters ByThe Associated Press…

Read more Rain and a wrong address delayed firefighters reaching a Philippine factory blaze. 15 people died
Furnace explosion at Chinese-owned nickel plant in Indonesia kills at least 13 and injures 46 others

A gas platform explosion off Mexico kills 2 workers, injures 8 and leaves 1 missing, officials say

July 7, 2023July 7, 2023 · Finance

Mexican officials say an explosion at an offshore gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico killed two workers, injured eight and left one missing MEXICO CITY — An…

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Canada is investigating why the Titanic-bound submersible imploded

Canada is investigating why the Titanic-bound submersible imploded

June 24, 2023June 24, 2023 · Technology

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said Saturday that it’s conducting an investigation into the loss of the Titan submersible and has been speaking with those who traveled…

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How the unconventional design of the Titan sub may have destined it for disaster

How the unconventional design of the Titan sub may have destined it for disaster

June 23, 2023June 23, 2023 · Breaking News

BOSTON — The deadly implosion of the Titan submersible raises questions about whether the vessel exploring the Titanic wreckage was destined for disaster because of its unconventional design…

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Furnace explosion at Chinese-owned nickel plant in Indonesia kills at least 13 and injures 46 others

Cooking gas explosion kills 31 people at a barbecue restaurant in northwestern China

June 21, 2023June 21, 2023 · Breaking News

Authorities in northwestern China say 31 people have been killed and seven injured in a cooking gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant in the city of Yinchuan BEIJING…

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Furnace explosion at Chinese-owned nickel plant in Indonesia kills at least 13 and injures 46 others

Cooking gas explosion kills 31 people at a barbecue restaurant in northwestern China

June 21, 2023June 21, 2023 · Finance

Authorities in northwestern China say 31 people have been killed and seven injured in a massive cooking gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant in the city of Yinchuan…

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Furnace explosion at Chinese-owned nickel plant in Indonesia kills at least 13 and injures 46 others

Boeing halts shipments of the 787 Dreamliner for a flaw in the tail section of the planes

June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 · Finance

Boeing is holding up deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner because of yet another manufacturing problem Boeing said Tuesday that deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner have been halted again…

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Probe of chocolate factory blast focuses on gas pipeline

Probe of chocolate factory blast focuses on gas pipeline

March 28, 2023March 28, 2023 · US News

Federal safety officials are investigating the role of a natural gas pipeline in a fatal blast at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory ByMICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Federal safety officials…

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