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  • A nickel mining site operated by Harita Nickel on Obi Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. One of a new breed of nickel producers, backed by Chinese know-how and cash, Harita is using the latest generation of a method known as high-pressure acid leaching, or HPAL, to turn Indonesia’s low-grade ore into metal fit to power a Tesla car. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesEnvironment

    The world’s most profitable nickel plants face cost challenge

    By Alfred Cang, Annie Lee, and others
  • Wang Chuanfu, chairman and chief executive officer of BYD Co., speaks during a news conference in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. BYD’s profit more than quintupled last year after the Chinese automaker sold a record number of electric vehicles and stepped up its battle with Tesla Inc. for market share. Photographer: Bertha Wang/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Tesla rival BYD and other battery giants are betting on sodium for EVs and energy storage—and challenging the dominance of lithium-ion

    By Eddie Spence, Annie Lee, and others
  • A container ship sails through the new section of the Suez Canal in the Egyptian port city of Ismailia, 135 kms northeast of the caital Cairo on October 10, 2019. &#8211; Since the Suez Canal was inaugurated amid pomp and ceremony 150 years ago, it has become one of the world&#8217;s most important waterways. But its anniversary will only be discreetly marked in Egypt.<br /> The man-made canal was excavated between 1859 and 1869, in an ambitious project to connect the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, and cut shipping times for growing international trade from Europe to Asia. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    A ship longer than the Eiffel Tower runs aground in Suez Canal, roiling global trade

    By Cindy Wang, Kyunghee Park, and others
  • Hong Kong Marks China's National DayInternational

    ‘No Force Can Stop the Chinese People’: Xi Celebrates 70 Years of Communist Rule as Police Clash With Hong Kong Protestors

    By Annie Lee, Peter Martin, and others