Battery materials firm GEM in deal with PT Vale Indonesia on a plant to secure nickel, while Tencent and Alibaba will develop cloud infrastructure. Jakarta gave no ground on China's sea claims.

A state enterprise is acquiring control of the last foreign-owned rare earth refineries in China, while details about the sector are now classed as state secrets

Teams from both companies will work on exploring pelletizing, using Rio's ore from northwestern Australia and the application of biomass

President Xi said at a summit in Beijing last month that from December goods from least developed countries with diplomatic ties to China would not be subject to import duties

China appears to be worried about the government that could emerge if the Myanmar military collapses; it reportedly fears the resistance is closer to Western nations

The finding by a team at the University of California is significant because cement production accounts for 8% of CO2 worldwide

International researchers fear that the amount of carbon absorbed by natural processes, such as forests, plants, soil, and possibly even oceans, has collapsed or significantly decreased

Officials are trying to get foreign firms to trade on Shanghai's futures exchange, which has said it plans to expand soon into international metals storage

India imported 176 million tons of thermal coal in 2023, with 26.2 million tons coming from Russia

State Dept official says Chinese officials "engage in predatory pricing... [they] lower the price [of lithium] until competition disappears."

The decision could hurt the Albanese government's chances of re-election next year – and kill Australia's chance of co-hosting a UN climate summit with island nations in 2026

The biggest chunk of the losses will likely be borne by workers in carbon-intensive sectors, which employ almost 32 million people across the world