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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Prices rebound from March lows after miner Kazatomprom slashes production

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

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

Anglo-Australian mining group benefits from resilient iron ore price

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

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

Airline’s operations at London’s second biggest airport face brunt of 12,000 job cuts

Europe’s largest low-cost airline expects return to 2019 passenger levels to take 2 years

The four years since his promotion to CEO have been beset by crises

Incoming CEO tells investors and carrier’s 96,000 staff that he will not duck hard decisions

Virgin Atlantic could be followed by British Airways in abandoning UK’s second-biggest gateway

Earnings of $3.6bn exceeded expectations ahead of collapse in global oil demand

Biggest US oil company takes $2.9bn charge to account for crude’s plunge

Business contestants battle for $1m prize money in glitzy televised extravaganza

Eskom will remove 6,000 megawatts of demand to avert total collapse of national grid

Tie-up aims to allow people with mobile wallets to pay for international online services

Telecoms group seeks to turn mobile payments unit into provider of wider services

Move could pave way for company to shift primary listing to London

South African ecommerce group insists it remains in acquisition mode

Country becomes first in world to halt all stock, bond and currency trading

S&P 500 records fourth gain in five sessions, despite new leg down for oil prices

Private equity group acquires 10% stake in Australia’s Crown Resorts

Buyers and sellers worry about risk of infection, say agents

Non-bank lenders put on downgrade watch as sector braces for wave of borrowers not paying

Dig downs and loft extensions may increase the value of a home, but it’s hard to borrow against this

Activists wary after finance ministry names ‘core’ stocks covered by law on foreign investment

Rick Bright’s lawyers say federal investigators recommend he be reinstated during probe

Chief executive Thomas Buberl says different guidance between countries ‘difficult to accept’

Cancelling payouts should not become a loyalty test

The Australian company was borne out of an online travel business that had a problem to solve

Company to refund fraction of policy premiums to reflect reduction in driving  

As corporate insolvencies soar and firms try to hang on to their cash as long as possible, expect to hear a lot more about trade credit insurance.

Euler Hermes has written to some brokers, saying it will offer less support in the UK if the government does not agree to backstop trade credit insurers. 

Tesla’s decision to buy liability cover from Elon Musk instead of a traditional insurer comes after premiums shot up

You can enjoy flowers online that are past their best in the real world

Black journalist forced America to confront the evils of lynching

Cutting tuition fees is no longer realistic, but there are other ways to better support vital courses

Crises have inspired classics of literature — so is the great Covid-19 novel already under way?

Some families of medics who die in service will receive higher payouts than others under current rules

Investors encouraged to take time before making any changes to their retirement plans