The decision comes amid increasingly alarming signs of global warming.

It has halted an attempt to change the terms on $2.2 billion of existing dollar-denominated notes that would have allowed the group to add more debt.

Growing demand for electric vehicles has spurred small-scale miners of the lithium, cobalt and rare earths.

Company said daily order intake in its Manufacturing and Machining Solutions division grew roughly 20% year-on-year in the first two weeks of July.

Britishvolt's decision on whether to list in London or New York will be made within three months.

Prosecutors have told Swiss authorities they have proof of an alleged money-laundering ring spanning from Africa to Europe.

The world of metals trading is becoming increasingly multi-polar, reflecting the rise of China's futures markets over the last decade.

The deal will give Concord access to an additional 600,000 tonnes of alumina per year on top of the 1.4 million tonnes it already handles, which would make it one of the world’s leading traders of alumina.