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South Korea's Hyundai Motor ends Indonesia aluminium deal after calls by a climate campaigner backed by K-pop fans not to procure supplies of the metal produced using coal power (www.reuters.com)

submitted 10 months ago by tardigrada@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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Hyundai Motor said in a statement on Tuesday that it had ended its non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Adaro, a unit of Indonesia's second-largest coal miner Adaro Energy Indonesia, at the end of 2023, adding that the companies had decided to explore other opportunities independently.

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[–] lilmann@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

Never thought I would be thankful for k pop fans, but here we are