Mining billionaire Forrest urges China to demand greener nickel

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The EU last week launched two investigations into Chinese solar panel manufacturers that Brussels said have benefited from market-distorting subsidies while US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen has raised oversupply during a visit to China.
57% : But I think the price of renewable energy is in a long-term downtrend, led by China.
53% : It has also introduced monthly reporting on nickel trading volumes below a particular threshold of carbon emissions.
52% : Government policies such as the EU's carbon border tax would eventually force producers to account for their emissions, he said.
39% : China's trading partners, including the US and EU, are warning of tariffs against Chinese renewable energy products, saying state-directed oversupply is killing their domestic industries.

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