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Most governments, and oil and gas companies, are not acknowledging alerts from the global satellite system warning them about methane leaks, the UN says
There are 17 rare earths that are vital materials in products ranging from electric vehicles to aircraft engines and military radars and exports of 12 of them are now restricted
The EU has emerged as a key market for Chinese firms due to increasing competition and deflationary pressures at home and tough policies that deter their expansion in the US
The US is racing to establish a rare earth supply chain separate from China following Beijing’s increasingly aggressive moves to restrict its exports of rare earths to the country...
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China Starts Collecting Tit-For-Tat Port Fees On US-Owned Ships14 Oct 2025
The trade war between US and China is now ensnaring ocean shipping firms that move everything from holiday toys to crude oil...
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‘Can Destroy China’: Trump Says Beijing Has to Give US Magnets26 Aug 2025
'We're going to have a lot of magnets in a pretty short period of time. In fact, we'll have so many we won't know what to do with them,' the US President said...
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China Emissions Fall In First Half But Global Climate Alarm Persists25 Aug 2025
The world’s biggest carbon emitter, China, has seen its emissions fall by 1% in the first half of this year, but the news is not as great elsewhere...
China has published its five-year development plan for 2026-2030 and for the first time in 15 years, new energy vehicles are not included in its list of strategic emerging industries...
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China’s BYD Sees Sales in the UK Jump by 880% – BBC07 Oct 2025
Britain has emerged as key market for BYD, as it is the only European nation with no tariffs on exported electric and hybrid vehicles from China...
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China’s Policies Have Pushed Its Auto Industry Near to Collapse17 Sep 2025
Carmakers and dealers are struggling to make money in the world’s biggest auto market and oversupply, along with fierce competition, has left scores of firms on the brink of collapse...
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China Markets Sink on Tech Selloff, Talk of Regulatory Curbs04 Sep 2025
China's blue-chip index fell the most in nearly five months with Shanghai stocks down more than 1.3% and the Hang Seng also sinking over 1%...
The 27-megawatt data centre, to be powered by about 10,000 of Nvidia's new Blackwell GB300 chips, will be Taiwan's largest advanced GPU cluster...
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US ‘Likely To Delay’ Chip Tariffs To Keep China Ties Calm20 Nov 2025
Trump is trying to maintain a delicate trade truce with China, a top manufacturer of both semiconductors and devices powered by them...
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Dutch Govt Suspends Nexperia Takeover After Talks With China19 Nov 2025
The easing tensions will give some comfort to carmakers running short on Nexperia's chips, but it remains uncertain whether supply chain issues will be solved anytime soon...
According to some analysts, the West will still rely on China for 91% of its heavy rare earths needs by 2030, down only slightly from 99% in 2024...
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Carbon Removal Credits in Short Supply As AI Firms Step Up Demand18 Nov 2025
Experts say the shortage triggered by surging demand is exactly what is needed to further drive up investment in the nascent market...
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China’s BYD Targets Sale of 1.6m EVs Abroad in 2026: CitiBank11 Nov 2025
BYD has been building factories for local assembly in countries such as Hungary and Brazil and it plans a third plant for Europe, with Spain the top candidate....
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