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China Hongqiao Group, the world's biggest private sector maker of aluminium, saw annual profits leap 72.2% to their highest on record in 2020 amid soaring prices for the metal, although production slipped for a third straight year.

Rome and Brussels will start talks next week to iron out technical details for the revamp of ailing carrier Alitalia, three Italian ministers said after what they referred to as a "positive and constructive" first meeting between the two sides on Friday.

Nickel edged up as buyers picked up bargains on Friday after two days of hefty losses, though prices were still set for their steepest weekly fall in almost a decade after a major supply deal undermined expectations for shortages.

The race to roll out vaccination passports is spurring competition among travel companies and tourist destinations for the large number of Britons set to receive COVID-19 shots before the summer.

Platts will launch price assessments in April for 'green' aluminium, which is made using process that cut carbon emissions, the pricing agency said on Friday.

Voting rights groups are calling on companies such as Coca-Cola Co and Delta Air Lines Inc to oppose efforts by Republican lawmakers in Georgia to enact sweeping new restrictions on voting access in the battleground state.

The race to roll out vaccination passports is spurring competition among travel companies and tourist destinations for the large number of Britons set to receive COVID-19 shots before the summer.

Japanese retailer Onward Holdings is selling its loss-making Jil Sander brand to Italian luxury conglomerate OTB, which will add the label to a collection that includes Diesel, Maison Margiela and Marni.

Northern Ireland's first minister said the European Union's promise of legal action over the UK extending grace periods for trade showed its priority was protecting the trading bloc, not the Belfast peace agreement.

Iceland expects a "relatively small" lava eruption in the island's southwest which could lead to a temporary halt in air traffic, the office of Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir said late on Thursday.

Dassault Aviation expects to deliver the first Falcon 6X business jet at the end of 2022 and to make an announcement on Future Falcon, its other initiative to refresh its civil line-up, in "months or even weeks", its chief executive said.

Japanese apparel group Onward Holdings is selling its Jil Sander brand to OTB, the Italian luxury conglomerate that also owns labels such as Maison Margiela and Marni.

China will push forward with the development of CJ1000, a turbofan jet engine designed to power the homemade C919 narrowbody aircraft, the government said on Friday in its development plan for the 2021-2025 period.

Bond markets and the Fed have kicked off another round of their game after Fed Chair Jerome Powell essentially told investors not to expect any policy action to tamp down rising Treasury yields.

Nickel prices on Friday were set for their worst week in 9-1/2 years in London and plunged in Shanghai on rising battery-grade supply outlook following a major supply deal.

Opposition parties led by two former presidents will try to shake the grip of Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara in a parliamentary election on Saturday, five months after a presidential vote that led to deadly unrest.

Japanese shares fell for a second straight session on Friday, dragged down by losses in index heavyweights and technology shares, as rising U.S. bond yields hit investor sentiment.

Norwegian aluminium maker Norsk Hydro said on Friday it was selling its Rolling division to KPS Capital Partners in a deal which values the business at 1.38 billion euros ($1.65 billion), the company said.

As oil majors and developed nations push for a faster transition to clean energy, much of Latin America is struggling just to cover its basic supply needs for fossil fuels, which is forcing some countries to actually rely more on dirty energy sources.

China's home-built C919 aircraft is expected to finish flight testing and win airworthiness certification by the end of this year, the programme's chief designer, Wu Guanghui, said on Friday on the sidelines of an annual parliament meeting.