Fire and Rescue NSW has referred to lithium-ion batteries as the “fastest-growing fire risk” in the state. The agency responded to 272 battery-related fires last year – more than five each week. Fire ...

(Bloomberg) -- A privately owned Chinese refiner bought a cargo of West African crude in a rare purchase that’s piqued traders’ interest given smaller, independent processors in China have typically ...

Chinese lithium carbonate spot prices have rallied around 8% since late October and are now at a three-month high, while futures on the Guangzhou exchange have jumped 13% so far this week. An ...

Several high-profile stabbings including an attack at a Shanghai supermarket, and the killing of a Japanese schoolboy, have ...

(Bloomberg) -- The Australian government plans to enact laws requiring big tech firms to protect its citizens online, the latest move by the center-left Labor administration to crack down on social ...

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