Cobalt gets cheaper as China’s buyers suffer from battery slump
Cobalt prices are crashing back to earth as sellers offer increasingly steep concessions to Chinese buyers who have turned cold on the battery metal as…
Australian Tesla-supplier targets first lithium shipment
A lithium miner in Australia that counts Tesla Inc. as a future customer said its first shipment of the key battery material from its flagship…
Euro-Area Inflation Isn’t Just Imported, New ECB Indicator Shows
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Yellen urges less dependence on other nations for key supplies
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the US should work on shifting its dependence away from some rival nations for supplies of critical inputs as global…
China’s alumina exports soar to fill Russian shortages
China’s alumina exports soared again last month, as buyers in Russia sought to plug a shortfall because of war and sanctions.
Biden officials vow forced labor crackdown on China under US import ban
Biden administration officials vowed to fully enforce a new ban on imported goods from China’s Xinjiang region beginning Tuesday, warning of close scrutiny for any…
Mexican workers file USMCA complaint against VU manufacturing
A group of Mexican workers at VU Manufacturing has filed a petition under the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA) alleging that the Michigan-based auto-parts maker is…
Biden says he and China’s Xi to talk ‘soon,’ weighing tariffs
President Joe Biden said he’ll be talking to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping “soon” and is weighing possible action on US tariffs on China that…
US removes former Venezuelan official from sanctions list
The US removed a former Venezuelan official from the list of sanctioned individuals, a move Biden officials pledged after a March meeting with President Nicolas…
Nations pull WTO back from the brink with vaccine, fishery deals
The world’s top trade ministers on Friday approved a historic package of accords—including the reduction of fishery subsidies and a loosening of vaccine-production limits—after marathon…
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