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.
Peabody Energy has teamed up with ArcelorMittal to offer $5 billion for Australia’s Macarthur Coal , the world’s biggest producer of pulverised coal, as demand for steel-making raw materials intensifies.
The cash offer of A$15.50 a share represents a 40-percent premium to Monday’s close and comes just a day after Australia unveiled a plan to tax carbon emissions from the nation’s worst polluters, or about 500 companies, including coal miners.
