BHP has stood down around a quarter of the workers constructing its West Musgrave nickel and copper project in Western Australia.

The IG Metall union hopes to gain greater influence over pay and working conditions at Tesla's gigafactory near Berlin.

On Friday, Graphjet’s ordinary shares started trading on the Nasdaq.

If extended to value-added Chilean lithium, the subsidies will make it more attractive for US companies to invest in the country, said Economy Minister Nicolas Grau.

Net loss after tax widened to A$31 million in the six-month period ended Dec. 31, from A$6.9 million a year earlier.

The ruling involves the Los Patos River-Salar del Hombre Muerto area, where global lithium giant Arcadium Lithium has a project.

Under the revised deal, both parties have agreed that China will invest up to $7 billion in infrastructure projects in Congo.

"We don't want to be overly reliant on any one country or any one company for global supply chains," says US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo.