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Rare earth exports from China to the US are improving although Beijing is still slow to approve some shipments, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Thursday. China still drags its feet... 

For the EU, the fate of a Cold War-era mine near Bratislava is becoming a litmus test for its ambition to break free from China’s chokehold over critical minerals. Sitting in a wooded range of... 

There was a time when Taiwan counted several African countries among its allies. Now, only one remains, and even that final relationship is so constrained that its leader cannot freely visit,... 

China on Thursday released a new economic decarbonisation plan that seeks to put its carbon intensity reduction programme back on track, mainly by relying on its booming renewable sector to limit... 

Zambia is the first African country to let Chinese mining companies pay taxes in yuan. It probably won’t be the last, as Beijing seeks to internationalize the currency and dilute its dollar... 

China's top diplomat began his annual New Year tour of Africa on Wednesday, with a focus on the strategically important east, as the world's No.2 economy seeks to reinforce its influence on the... 

A Chinese court imposed jail sentences and fines on Tuesday on 27 people for shipping antimony ingots out of the country without export licences, in a ruling that highlights how China is tightening... 

huzhou Smelter Group, one of China's largest zinc smelters, broke a supply contract with Teck Resources' Red Dog mine in Alaska earlier this year due to hefty tariffs fueled by Beijing and... 

China signed a $1.4-billion agreement with Zambia and Tanzania on Thursday to modernise the TAZARA railway linking landlocked Zambia to the Indian Ocean. The railway, financed by China in the 1970s... 

Leaders from the Group of 20 nations will take decisive action to reform the global financial architecture and make other key decisions at their annual summit this week, despite US President Donald... 

As South Africa hosts the G20 leadership summit this week, President Cyril Ramaphosa has positioned the moment as evidence of national progress. Yet the broader economic picture remains mixed, with... 

A rare earths deal between the US and China will "hopefully" be done by Thanksgiving, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in remarks that aired on Sunday. Bessent's comments follow a framework... 

China has suspended a ban on exports of gallium, germanium and antimony to the US, its commerce ministry said on Sunday, although the three metals remain subject to broader export controls... 

The South African rand was muted in early trade on Thursday, as investors digested the hawkish rate cut from the Federal Reserve and the trade deal made by US President Donald Trump and Chinese... 

BEIJING - China has agreed to delay the introduction of its latest round of rare earth export controls as part of a deal agreed between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, but earlier... 

The South African rand gained in early trade on Wednesday, as investors braced for a day headlined by the Federal Reserve's decision and an easing of US-China trade tensions. At 0638 GMT, the rand... 

Shares of US-listed rare earth miners slumped before the bell on Monday after Washington and Beijing reached a framework for a trade deal that could pause planned US tariffs and Chinese export... 

Top Chinese and US economic officials on Sunday hashed out the framework of a trade deal for US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to decide on later this week that would pause... 

Gold and silver prices remained jittery on Wednesday after the sharpest pullback in over five years, while global equity and bond markets were taking a breather from recent rallies. Gold, which...