Indian bread and biscuits maker Britannia Industries Ltd on Friday reported a bigger-than-expected 47% jump in quarterly profit as strong demand and past price hikes helped expand margins.

Speaking on Tuesday, May 2, at Fastmarkets’ Asian Battery Raw Materials Conference in Singapore, deputy of investment and mining coordination Septian Hario Seto said the Indonesian government was “not going to be issuing any new permits for NPI smelters in I...

Critical metals explorer Leeuwin Metals (ASX:LM1) has proposed a maiden diamond drilling program to begin this quarter within the W56 target area at the William Lake Nickel Project in Manitoba, Canada.

All these factors will support a surge in steel consumption in the third and fourth quarters of this year, the VSA added.

The figure dropped by 1.4 percentage points from the previous quarter, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

Renewable energy use, low season, curbs on inflows, green drive factors.

China's raw coal output posted stable expansion in March, official data showed.

From the perspective of policy measures, the immediate task is to boost confidence of market entities rather than implement a strong stimulus.