Investors have yet to embrace Canadian miner Teck Resources Ltd's proposal to spin off its highly polluting coal business and focus on production of copper to help supply society's move toward electric vehicles.
The German government, to be sworn in on Wednesday, has presented plans to step up climate protection efforts entailing far-reaching reforms for the utility sector and across manufacturing industries, buildings, transport and agriculture.
Australia's Infinity Lithium Corp Ltd said on Monday it will collaborate with a unit of Germany's thyssenkrupp AG to explore the use of green hydrogen in producing lithium.
The United States will delay its deal to remove tariffs on UK steel and aluminum because of concerns about post-Brexit trade rules affecting Northern Ireland, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
Japan's biggest steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp is in talks to buy a steel mill in Southeast Asia to secure iron-making resources in the growing market and step up its overseas expansion, a senior executive said.