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Business Matters: Iraq Upheavals affect Oil Industry 14 Jun 14

Sat, 14 Jun 14

As the crisis in Iraq continues, oil and gas analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit, Peter Kiernan, explores how it might affect the oil market in the longer term. The Cerrejon mine in northwest Colombia is the biggest open cast coal mine in the world, but some human rights groups are saying the coal comes at too high a price for the indigenous people who live in the area. We speak to Kirsty Wright of the World Development Movement who has just returned from the mine. In our weekly round up of the week we discuss the World Cup, London Taxi drivers protesting the taxi-booking mobile app company 'Uber' as well as the introduction of plain cigarette packaging in Ireland. Peter Ryan, Business editor at ABC News, joins us to discuss all these topics from Sydney.

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