Materials
China's MMG races for deal to protect copper flow from Peru mine
Protests weigh on Las Bambas, top source of the metal under Beijing control
Latin America
Semiconductors
Daikin tech helps cut China reliance for chipmaking material
Purifying process developed for mineral used in etching chemical, HCFC refrigerant
Opinion
Expect the world's ungoverned places to export instability
Outside actors prove increasingly reluctant to intervene
International relations
China and Ecuador agree to clinch trade deal by end of year
Countries also plan to start debt negotiations
International relations
Taiwan VP holds talks with 'true friend' U.S. House Speaker Pelosi
William Lai closes overseas trip shoring up support in Washington and Honduras
International relations
New Honduran president drops push to ditch Taiwan for China
Castro signals change in plans with eye on all-important ties with U.S.
Automobiles
China's Great Wall to invest $1.9bn in Brazil over next decade
Automaker plans four electric and six hybrid models, with first late this year
US-China tensions
Taiwan VP to stop in Los Angeles and San Francisco during trip abroad
China objects to William Lai's U.S. stopovers on his way to Honduras
International relations
Taiwan to send VP Lai to Honduran President Castro's inauguration
Taipei says it will work with new leader to deepen relations
Coronavirus
Russia's COVID-19 death toll climbs to world's second highest
U.S. leads in pandemic deaths while Brazil falls to No. 3
Trade
Ecuador applies for CPTPP membership to diversify trade
South American nation seeks to reduce reliance on oil
Business deals
Rio Tinto's $825m Argentina lithium deal extends battery push
Agreement follows $2.4bn decision to buy Serbian lithium project
Politics
Chile's CPTPP membership in limbo with leftist win
Millennial Boric scores presidency by tapping into frustrations over inequality
Materials
Lithium supply: Posco to build $830m plant in Argentina
South Korean steel group makes its latest investment in battery materials
International relations
Nicaragua severs ties with Taiwan, switches allegiance to China
Taipei now has just 14 formal diplomatic allies; US calls for expanded engagement
Coronavirus
Act now to curb omicron's spread, WHO's Tedros tells world
Administering vaccines, not boosters, remains global health body's priority
Materials
China's Ganfeng Lithium stakes out overseas claims in hot market
Lithium 'supermarket' aims to double production by 2025 as EV demand swells
International relations
Belize reaffirms support for Taiwan as doubts grow over Honduras
Only 15 countries have formal diplomatic relations with Chinese-claimed Taiwan
Politics
Honduras ruling party concedes presidential election to Castro
Leftist candidate set to become country's first female leader
