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

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

EC president warns Li Qiang that China 'must adapt its behaviour' to resolve EV tariff row, as EU starts probe of 'Russian plywood' imported from China

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

China’s continuing rollout of policy support measures kept market optimism high across the region

The world's no-2 crude steel producer has been consuming the metal at a fast pace with robust demand from the infrastructure and automotive sectors

Taiwan company says pagers were made in Budapest, while analysts say small explosive was likely planted in devices used by Hezbollah and that the attack may spur fears about handsets

Analysts say the shift points to fresh confidence in Japan – despite being rattled by its biggest one-day stocks rout since 1987

Prices of gallium and germanium have nearly doubled in the months since China tamped down their exports

Equities across the region fell into the red on Wednesday as investors held back ahead of the release of key US jobs data

Threat to glaciers revealed amid news of heat records in 15 nations this year, while the UN accuses fossil fuel firms of trying to slow the transition to clean energy

Increased hopes that the US will dodge a recession and shortening odds on a Fed rate cut soon encouraged risk-taking