The Commerce Ministry in Beijing announced an immediate halt on Tuesday to exports of gallium, germanium, antimony and superhard materials to the US

India's plan to shift from coal to clean energy is being slowed by a shortage of skilled manpower, plus doubts by states' power distribution firms and a lack of infrastructure to handle with the transition

British miner AngloAmerican has sold its Australian coal mines to Peabody, the US energy firm, for up to $3.8 billion

Dhaka is reviewing its deal with Adani Power, as the firm has been charging Bangladesh a rate much higher than power producers in India

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