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

Fresh inflation data reassured investors the US Federal Reserve could finally start cutting rates next month

Clouds over the political outlook could hit policies like the 'digital wallet' and plans for legalized casinos, but the caretaker government claims the budget will not be delayed

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

Indexes across the region recovered more of their Monday losses as an air of calm returned to trading floors

The Nikkei in Japan suffers its biggest ever one-day loss, plummeting by a whopping 13%, while Taiwanese and Korean shares both sank by more than 8%.

Firms sign an MoU on building and using ammonia-fuelled vessels owned either by COSCO or both firms to cut emissions while shipping minerals

Big Tech anxieties, China’s wayward economy, Donald’s Trump’s possible return and currency shifts all weighed on sentiment

LG Energy Solution said they were discussing possible tie-ups with three Chinese suppliers, with battery plants in either Morocco, Finland or Indonesia

Scientists at Cambridge University have found that throwing old concrete into steel-processing furnaces purifies the iron and “reactivates” the cement

Many Chinese battery-makers have invested in the African nation recently as JVs with local firms in countries with trade deals with the US may get tax credits