A roundup of this week's top stories:
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Steeling the future: Using hydrogen to make green steel
In 2020, the global steel industry produced a total of 1.86 billion metric tonnes and turned over hundreds of billions of dollars. Steel, with its high strength-to-weight ratio and relatively low production costs, is an invaluable material for...
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Balfour Beatty completes work on King's Cross extension
Construction group Balfour Beatty has completed work on a multimillion-pound improvement scheme at London's King's Cross station designed to future-proof the station and improve services for passengers...
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Lufthansa reports positive cashflow for the first time since pandemic
Germany's largest airliner Lufthansa has reported a positive cash flow for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic hit and has suffered a far narrower quarterly loss than expected...
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Bottled water "thousands of times worse" for the planet than tap water, scientists reveal
Bottled water is reportedly thousands of times worse than tap water, according to new research conducted by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), with three times as much water being used in the production of a plastic bottle as it...
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US may not reach halfway to net-zero by 2050, study suggests
The US may not achieve its goals of becoming net-zero by 2050 should its development of renewables continue at its current rate, according to a study released by Worley, who argue current application rates are so low the nation may not even...
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Amazon hit with record €746m fine over data protection
E-commerce giant Amazon has been hit with a record €746 million fine for breaking European Union data protection laws by processing user data in violation of the bloc's GDPR rules...
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VNC chief warns semiconductor shortage may outlast Covid
The semiconductor shortage could have far-reaching consequences and long-lasting effects that may ensure it has a greater effect on the automotive industry than the coronavirus pandemic, the CEO of VNC Automotive has revealed...
