For instance, public protests and legal challenges led to the closure of the Cobre Panama mine in December 2023—illustrating the complexities and geopolitical risks of increasing copper supply.

"China's capacity to supply semiconductor products has significantly improved, and its companies have clearly become more competitive," said Wang Shijiang, a senior official at the Ministry of ...

Europe is grimly familiar with Vladimir Putin’s willingness to weaponise energy, after the Russian leader choked off gas supplies and sent winter heating prices soaring. It is a decision that ...