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China has completed work on a nationwide ecological protection "red line" aimed at preserving its ecosystems and reversing some of the damage from rapid urbanisation and industrial growth, a government official said on Thursday.

Chilean President Gabriel Boric's pitch last week to enshrine greater state control over lithium is emerging as the latest test for the resource nationalism embraced by Latin America's ascendant left but which has proven tough to implement in practice.

Heavy machinery maker Caterpillar Inc topped Wall Street expectations with a 31% rise in first quarter profit on Thursday but a flat order backlog left analysts thinking that demand may have peaked.

India's government said on Thursday it will invite fresh bids for quotas to import gold from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a concessional duty agreed under a trade pact between the two countries.

EU countries approved sweeping changes to the region's carbon trading scheme and emissions laws this week, making industrial pollution more costly while generating billions of euros for funds to be used to accelerate Europe's energy transition.

Building materials giant CRH expects robust activity in the United States to boost first-half sales, earnings and margins, but its shares fell on Wednesday on a warning that the European market will be more challenging.

Canadian miner Teck Resources , the target of an unsolicited takeover bid by Glencore , narrowly missed first-quarter estimates on Wednesday, hit by lower prices, weak copper and zinc sales and higher expenses.

Wintershall Dea (WINT.UL) Chief Executive Mario Mehren on Wednesday said Moscow's decree to establish control over energy firms Uniper and Fortum was not affecting his company so far, but Russia's policies were "unpredictable" and "unreliable."

The Biden administration is devising a strategy for the possible arrival of tens of thousands more migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border after the anticipated end of COVID-19 restrictions next month, scrambling to find potential holding centers, speed up deportations and increase processing of refugees abroad.

Teck Resources Ltd withdrew its plan to split in two on Wednesday, a surprise development just ahead of a key shareholder vote, as the miner sought to fend off a $22.5 billion takeover attempt from Glencore Plc .