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BBC News
27-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Business Daily China: the mineral superpower
Available for over a year The country dominates the global processing of critical minerals - materials essential to clean energy, defence, and modern manufacturing. In the second part of our series on the global race to secure these resources, we explore how China built its control over the supply chain, from strategic state investment to partnerships abroad. We also head to Indonesia, where Chinese firms are leading the charge in nickel processing. Has one country gained too much power over the world's green transition? Presenter: Sam Fenwick Producer: Lexy O'Connor (Image: Labourers work at the site of a rare earth metals mine at Nancheng county, Jiangxi province in 2010. Credit: Getty Images)
BBC News
24-03-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Business Daily USAID: What happened when the funding stopped?
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order stopping USAID projects worldwide, saying he wants overseas spending decisions to align with his election policy to "put America first". USAID is the US government's main overseas aid agency and it administers humanitarian aid programmes on behalf of the US government. It has bases in more than 60 countries and works in dozens of others. However, most of the work on the ground is carried out by other organisations that are contracted and funded by USAID. The vast majority of projects have been abruptly halted. But what has this decision meant for the people who relied on them? From Kenya's Lake Victoria to Nairobi's slums, we explore the profound impact on lives, businesses, and livelihoods. If you would like to get in touch with the show, please email: businessdaily@ Presented and produced by Sam Fenwick (Image: Little boy walking on railroad tracks with Kibera slum in the background. Nairobi, Kenya. Credit: Getty Images)
