Taiwan overtakes UK in stock market value on AI chip boom
Crossover comes as chipmaker TSMC reports record first-quarter profit
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UK economy grew 0.5% in February, beating economists’ expectations by a long shot
Economists polled by Reuters expected U.K. gross domestic product (GDP) to have expanded by 0.1% month-on-month.
China’s battery champion pushes deeper into mining
CATL puts $4.4bn into new subsidiary to strengthen supply chain self-sufficiency
Spain’s Repsol wins back control of Venezuelan oil operations
Deal with South American nation’s government includes guaranteed payment system and plan to triple production
DR Congo tightens control over critical minerals with strategic reserves
New stockpiles of cobalt, coltan and germanium are latest step by African countries for greater leverage over metals