Tag: United States
China’s Export Ban Sends Antimony Prices Soaring 40% in One Day
By Alex Kimani -Antimony prices soared 40% on Wednesday after China on Tuesday banned exports to the United States of several critical minerals.China enforced...
China holds upper hand in battle with U.S. for Africa’s energy
BY ROBERT BOCIAGA ,JUBA, South Sudan -- Power generation has become the latest battleground in the China-U.S. competition in Africa, giving resource-poor countries a...
The Dollar Rules the Financial Universe. China Can’t Change That.
By Marc ChandlerThe financial shocks that keep hitting the dollar haven’t shaken its role in the world economy. The reasons matter. The dollar may...
America has a huge manufacturing labor shortage—and its education system is nowhere
By BYTONY SCHMITZThe U.S. Navy is beginning to build 12 top-of-the-line nuclear submarines , with the first one scheduled to be completed by 2027....
Building collapse: Explosives bring down rest of Surfside condo building
Demolition crews set off explosives late Sunday to bring down the damaged remaining portion of a collapsed South Florida condo building, a key step...
How can a building just collapse? by Hanif Kara
Hanif Kara is a professor of the practice of architectural technology at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and the cofounder and design-director of...