Japan's Sumitomo Metal Mining is considering producing cathode battery materials in the United States among other options as it looks to expand output to meet demand from electric vehicles, an executive said on Thursday.
Excessive rainfall during winter grain sowings in France and to a lesser extent Germany will lead to a fall in the European Union's total soft wheat area for next year's harvest, hurt yields and support prices, consultancy Strategie Grains said.
Formula One motor sports, which routinely draws top-tier luxury sponsors like Rolex, is expanding its roster of partners to retailers whose core business is selling clothing at American shopping malls.
Malaysian palm oil futures closed lower on Thursday, tracking a decline in soyoil prices on the Chicago Board of Trade, while profit-taking also weighed.
Tunisia's state grains agency has issued an international tender to purchase about 25,000 metric tons of durum wheat, European traders said on Thursday.
Copper climbed to six-week highs on Thursday as a softer dollar and lower inventories triggered a flurry of buying that took prices through a key technical level, however concern about demand in top consumer China capped gains.
The European Commission will renew its authorisation of glyphosate for a further 10 years, it said on Thursday, even though EU governments earlier failed to give a clear opinion on whether or not to extend the approval.
Inventories of zinc in warehouses approved by the London Metal Exchange (LME) have nearly doubled owing to large arrivals after months of dwindling stocks, LME data showed on Thursday.
Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries bought a total of 104,677 metric tons of food-quality wheat from the United States, Canada and Australia in a regular tender that closed on Thursday.
Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co said on Thursday it had bought into Wadi Poultry S.A.E., a broiler chicken producer in Egypt that is also involved in the processing, sale and procurement of feed grain, to expand its protein business.
European Union governments failed to give a clear opinion on Thursday on a proposal to extend by 10 years EU approval for the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer AG's Roundup weedkiller.
Airbus and Emirates edged towards a consolation deal for fewer than 20 A350-900 jets on Thursday after a public row between the carrier and engine maker Rolls-Royce over a larger model dampened the end of the Dubai Airshow.
Australia's Macquarie Group Ltd said on Thursday its asset management arm will make an initial investment of up to 175 million euros (about $190 million) in Netherlands-based sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supplier SkyNRG.
Airbus and Emirates edged towards a consolation deal for a double-digit number of A350-900 jets on Thursday after a public row between the carrier and engine maker Rolls-Royce over a larger model dampened the end of the Dubai Airshow.
Britain's Burberry said it was being hit by a global slowdown in luxury spending, and if it continued it was unlikely to meet its revenue forecast of low double-digit growth for its current financial year, with a knock-on impact on profit.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed a decree increasing quotas for fertiliser exports from Russia by 2.2 million metric tons from 16.3 million tons, Russian news agency Interfax reported on Thursday.
Luxury giant LVMH's Berluti brand will design the summer Olympics and Paralympics opening ceremony uniforms for the French teams, boosting the profile of the upscale menswear label known for buffed leather shoes and tailored suits.
Parts of the river Rhine in Germany have been closed to shipping because of a rise in water levels following recent heavy rain, German authorities said on Thursday.