BELFAST (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday said he was confident that he could secure a zero-tariff, zero-quota trade deal with the European Union, which would ensure no checks on goods being moved from Britain to Northern Ireland. Johnson was speaking to journalists in Northern Ireland, a British region that has agreed […]
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s electricity firm EVN has signed five new deals to buy electricity from Laos starting from next year, the state-run company said. The southeast Asian nation faces severe power shortages from 2021, as demand outpaces construction of new plants, with demand expected to exceed supply by 6.6 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) in […]
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Volkswagen <VOWG_p.DE> will raise the amount of nickel used in it electric car battery cells to 80% in the next year from 65% at present, Frank Blome, head of battery cells at the carmaker said on Tuesday. Volkswagen’s current electric car battery cell contains 65% nickel, 15% cobalt and 20% manganese. Next […]
