US bars more food, metal imports over China’s alleged forced labor
US authorities say Chinese authorities have established internment camps for Uyghurs and other religious and ethnic minority groups.
The Iron Ore Company Of Canada (IOC), based in Montreal, and London, U.K.-based Rio Tinto have approved spending $500 million to increase IOC’s annual production of iron ore concentrate to 22 million tonnes (t). The investment is the first phase of an expansion program that will see up to a 50% increase in production capability by 2011….more at MEI Online