Materials
Japan's AGC pours $770m to expand Thai chemical production
Southeast Asian growth and EV market prompt 20% capacity expansion
Industrials
Materials
Asahi Kasei profit seen growing 20% on EV battery materials
Carbon-cutting trend boosts materials demand from pandemic slump
Electric cars in China
China's EV battery materials industry set for $11bn capacity buildup
Out-muscled Japanese rivals look to mount comeback in Western markets
Startups
Mongolian entrepreneurs exploit cheap wool for new products
Sheep fleece turned into fertilizer and soap for export
Comment
A seventh North Korean nuclear test would carry 'China risk'
Breaking moratorium could bring decisive confrontation with essential ally
Materials
South Korea's POSCO to build $800m plant for EV steel
Material for motor cores seen in high demand as electrification takes off
International relations
Modi and Johnson agree on new Anglo-Indian security partnership
Leaders also discuss Ukraine crisis in talks between 'special' friends
Aerospace & Defense
To the moon: Japanese insurers leap into lunar exploration
Mitsui Sumitomo and Tokio Marine to offer coverage for private-sector missions
Aerospace & Defense
Indonesia launches new state holding entity for defense sector
Defend ID signs joint development agreements with French and Turkish companies
China
Chinese astronauts land after 6 months on space station
Shenzhou 13 capsule lands in Gobi Desert, ending China's longest crewed mission
Finance
Indonesia wealth fund agrees to invest $2.7bn in toll roads
Landmark agreements to pump fresh capital into debt-ridden state builders
Materials
JX Nippon Mining to dig for lithium in old batteries
Japanese players jump into urban mining as electric vehicles boost demand
Materials
U.S. fines 6 companies linked to Chinese metals tycoon $1.8bn
Court found conspiracy to inflate sales of Hong Kong-listed Zhongwang
Technology
Singapore's ST Engineering to expand smart city tech globally
Defense equipment company addresses issues including traffic jams, carbon emissions
Materials
Japan battery material producers lose spark as China races ahead
Former market leaders turn to recycling and next-gen tech to regain lost ground
Aerospace & Defense
Midair collision of South Korean trainer planes kills 4 pilots
Crash site being searched for cause of accident, damage to community
Business Spotlight
The space(port) race: Asian nations jostle for rocket launch business
Japanese prefecture famed for hot springs will be base for Virgin Orbit of the U.S.
Caixin
Chinese steelmakers increasingly use yuan to buy iron ore abroad
Steel mills becoming a major force in drive to internationalize China's currency
Materials
Global scramble for copper spurs Marubeni, Mitsubishi to dig deep
Japanese trading houses expand mining as EVs and wind turbines boost demand
Ukraine war
Biden meets with Ukraine foreign and defense ministers
U.S. president in Poland to deliver speech, support NATO eastern flank