China’s decision to restrict exports of antimony from mid-September could push the metal's price to $30,000 a ton, traders say
Antimony is used as a hardener in lead for storage batteries, plus alloys with lead and tin to improve solders and bullets, and in semiconductor devices
The sanctions-hit Chinese tech giant’s latest processor is currently being tested by domestic internet and telecom companies, the report said
Weak demand for travel to China, plus rising costs and needing to avoid Russian airspace, has seen Western airlines slash services to the mainland
Some 73 companies are now on the US blacklist. New additions include Rare Earth Magnesium Technology Group in Hong Kong and Century Sunshine Group, which make magnesium fertilizer and alloy products.
Russia and China are looking at bilateral barter deals, as a way to avoid use of international banking systems, which can be monitored, trade sources say
As well as market volatility, investors were also spooked by the prospect of Donald Trump’s possible return to office and a likely US-China trade war
Commerce Department outlines grants and loans that have helped entice the Korean tech giant to set up a chip production plant, plus a research facility in Indiana
China is scrambling to keep its technology ambitions on track amid rising trade tensions with the US and other western nations
The plan comes as no surprise considering US officials, such as Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, have said Chinese tech presents national security risks
The US has attempted to limit the kind of chips Nvidia can sell to China to hinder the country's AI development
There is speculation the US carmaker will seek to sell insurance policies in China, after it registered an insurance brokerage in Beijing on Tuesday