The US has added 30 more Chinese firms to its official blacklist for companies whose products are banned because of forced labour involving Uyghurs

Countries pledge to target food and other waste, as the waste sector is responsible for about 20% of methane stemming from human activity.

China's motive for developing the port was access to Brazil, as a $3.5 billion rail link is planned to carry exports like soybeans and iron ore to the port

Vaulted Deep has raised $32 million of venture capital funds to expand its operations that use oil industry technology to flush carbon-containing waste down wells

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