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Canada blocks Glencore coal project

The Canadian government has blocked Glencore from developing the Sukunka metallurgical coal mine in British Columbia on environmental grounds but has kept the door open for the firm to re-submit its plans.

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British Columbia blocks Glencore coal project

"The government of Canada has determined the significant adverse environmental effects of the proposed Sukunka coal mine…could not be mitigated.