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Airbus signals further production cut with job losses set to follow

Plane maker’s chief warns aerospace industry in ‘gravest crisis’ as group swings to quarterly loss amid aviation collapse




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Lufthansa considers filing for creditor protection as aid talks stall

German airline looks at procedure similar to Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid dispute over bailout conditions




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Tata Steel may face obstacles in securing Covid loan

Chunk of assets already pledged as collateral could complicate efforts to secure fresh debt




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Tata Steel calls on UK to lift £50m cap on coronavirus aid

Steelmaker says more funding needed given scale and length of lockdown disruption




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BHP and Rio see solid rebound in China’s steel sector

Country’s production this year expected to top 2019 if coronavirus kept at bay




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Rio Tinto expects rising commodity demand from China

Anglo-Australian mining group benefits from resilient iron ore price




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Barrick Gold buys 800,000 antibody test kits

Chief executive Mark Bristow says miner has taken lessons on tackling coronavirus from experience of Ebola outbreak




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Tianqi looks to sell stake in world’s largest lithium mine 

Chinese producer moves to offload some of its majority holding in Australia’s Greenbushes project




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Uranium enters bull market after Covid-19 hits supply

Prices rebound from March lows after miner Kazatomprom slashes production




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Uranium bucks weak commodity trend

Radioactive material at risk of supply shocks given small number of dominant mines




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Vedanta chief executive resigns 

Departure comes just weeks after Moody’s cut miner’s rating to junk




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Aluminium industry faces huge supply glut

Thousands of jobs at risk as coronavirus pandemic leads to a fall-off in demand




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Vedanta presses on with plan to double oil production

Group’s founder Anil Agarwal undeterred by price crash and debt levels




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Europe steelmakers cut production after shutdown of car plants

Move illustrates how coronavirus impact is rippling through manufacturing supply chains




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Iron ore market is putting a lot of faith in stimulus from China

Price of key steelmaking ingredient has held up, despite big drop in economic activity




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Tata Steel Europe chief lays out challenges

Henrik Adam outlines ‘urgent priority’ to boost performance as he cuts 1,250 jobs




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Four groups swoop for British Steel’s French factory

Bids complicate Chinese investor’s efforts to buy out whole of troubled company




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British Steel’s Chinese rescuer to complete purchase next week

Hundreds will lose jobs in £1.2bn turnround plan even as Jingye says 3,000 will be saved




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England bans sale of coal and wet wood to improve air quality

Homeowners must use ‘cleaner alternatives’ for coal fires and wood-burning stoves from 2021




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Sanjeev Gupta pledges to invest €2bn as part of emissions fight

Liberty Steel to modernise European plants in effort to become carbon neutral




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Gupta completes acquisition of bankrupt Indian steelmaker

Business tycoon’s GFG Alliance makes first foray into fast-growing market after long court battle




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Rio weighs closure of Icelandic smelter as it struggles with power costs

ISAL facility remains unprofitable as aluminium producers face weaker demand and prices




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ArcelorMittal: metal polish

Destocking is at an end and global consumption is expected to rise this year




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Energy group EN+ to buy back stake from Russia’s VTB

Recently sanctioned London-listed company seeks to simplify ownership structure




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Stock market slide pushes Berkshire Hathaway to $50bn loss

Sell-off dents investment holdings despite uptick in operating profit




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How Big Tech got even bigger in the Covid-19 era

Lockdowns have elevated the sector that some analysts thought would fall furthest in a recession




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US stocks close out best month since 1987

Central bank support and rising hopes for economic reopening spark April rally




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US stocks fall following new wave of jobless claims

European equities slip after ECB launches fresh push to bolster region’s banking system




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US reopening/stocks: dicing with disaster

Bullish investors and gung-ho governors are setting themselves up for a big reality check




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US small-caps rebound as equity rally broadens

Smaller companies in ‘epic rally’ on optimism over coronavirus and policy support




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Wall Street jumps on coronavirus treatment hopes

Remdesivir news moves markets more than economic data or Fed action




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Coronavirus fallout deals small US companies a double blow

Small-cap stocks underperformed large-caps throughout the bear market and rally




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Wall Street bets on a Big Tech rebound

Valuations do not reflect the risks that still lie ahead from coronavirus




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Charts that Count: why the market ignores the layoffs

FT's Robert Armstrong looks at a disconnect between the US stock market and the economy




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China’s US stock market flops raise governance concerns  

Companies suffer steep share-price falls while Luckin implosion highlights risks




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Stockpickers failed to take ‘big chance’ in market rout

Rise of volatility and dispersion was supposed to bring a change of fortunes versus passive




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Investors hunt for ‘survivors’ in US earnings season

In crisis mode, profits and growth matter much less than ability to ride out a downturn




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Market rout reopens big gaps between winners and losers

Return of dispersion comes after years of similar returns across sectors




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Inside Bill Ackman’s $2.6bn big short

Hedge fund chief bets on stockmarket recovery after profiting from coronavirus sell-off




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Muddy Waters/Luckin: got his mojo workin’

The after-effects of triumphant bets on Chinese companies should spur more gains for sceptics




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US executives rush in record numbers to ‘buy the dip’

As the stock market plummeted last month, managers of big companies saw value 




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What Japan Inc really thinks about Carlos Ghosn

Downfall of carmaker’s former boss sets up clash between country’s old guard and its reformists




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How we all became screen obsessives

Phones, TV and games constantly vie for our attention — but how much do they add to our lives?




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The trends that shaped a decade of domestic life

From high-tech to hygge, our homes changed at top speed in the 2010s — what will the 2020s bring?




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Goodbye to all that creative destruction

In 16 years of columns on business, the only constant has been disruptive innovation




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Inside LBC: the radio station capturing the political zeitgeist

In a polarised time, the broadcaster has won listeners by embracing confrontation




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Peloton’s sexist Christmas ad has another problem

Misjudged commercial is an example of an especially troublesome type of marketing mistake




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China’s internet interference is TikTok famous

The video app loved by teenagers is powered by artificial intelligence and protectionism




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LVMH has become a luxury department store

Bernard Arnault’s company is the modern incarnation of La Samaritaine and Neiman Marcus




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Saudi Aramco does not rule the world

The valuation of an energy company cannot be engineered like the production of oil