Materials
AGC's profit seen surging 340% on Southeast Asian construction
Infrastructure boom propels Japanese company's recovery from COVID-19
Industrials
Aerospace & Defense
UK to permanently station 2 patrol ships in Indo-Pacific
Warships from Queen Elizabeth carrier group to dock in ports throughout Japan
Technology
Earth's richest man, Jeff Bezos, reaches space in Blue Origin rocket
Billionaires race to tap space tourism market as competition heats up
Startups
Former Sony, Toyota engineers accelerate Japan aerospace startups
Experience with jets and robots advances 'flying cars' and moon exploration
Materials
Panasonic joins US project that extracts lithium for EVs 'in weeks'
Japanese battery maker teams with Schlumberger in search for stable supply
Business deals
China's top steelmaker Baowu in talks to absorb No. 7 Shandong
String of acquisitions prompted by Beijing's push to consolidate industry
Commodities
Chiyoda seals $2.7bn deal for Indonesian copper smelting plant
Metal processed in East Java will feed rising demand for EV components
Aerospace & Defense
Virgin Galactic's Branson soars to space aboard rocket plane
'Welcome to the dawn of a new space age' says the British billionaire
Materials
JSW Steel and Tata Steel splurge to prepare for post-COVID demand
India's largest steelmakers begin to rebound despite subdued domestic demand
Materials
China's Baowu unseats ArcelorMittal as world's top steelmaker
European giant loses title for first time in 19 years as Chinese players dominate top 10
Indo-Pacific
Pentagon No. 2 tours shipyards as race with China heats up
Kathleen Hicks visits military installations key to winning great-power competition
Construction
Sany challenges Komatsu's grip on Indonesian machinery market
Cheap prices drive Chinese player's growing share in Southeast Asia
Politics
Philippine troop plane crashes in flames killing 45
Lockheed C-130 transport aircraft overshot the runway with 96 aboard
Energy
Xinjiang labor clouds solar sector as panel prices swell
Sanctions risk compounds shortage in one of world's top silicon-producing regions
IPO
Syngenta files for year's biggest IPO with $10bn Shanghai listing
Proceeds to go toward renovations and 'strategic acquisitions': prospectus
Economy
Shenzhen skyscraper shakes up Chinese thinking on growth
'Prophetic' essay from 2001 criticized overreliance on speed and efficiency
International relations
Japan and Philippines to hold first joint air force exercises
Training in humanitarian and disaster relief to take place at Clark Air Base
Business deals
Huge China tech merger marks latest push for scale in US rivalry
Beijing accelerates state-sector consolidation to build bigger champions
Business deals
South Korea's Posco builds Chinese auto steel venture with HBIS
Rivals invest $600m to supply galvanized sheets as China's car industry expands
Aerospace & Defense
US approves possible sale of F-16 fighters, missiles to Philippines
State Department gave green light, but no indication if deal has been reached
