MOSCOW (Reuters) - Sales of Zeekr electric vehicles have shot up in Russia in the last year, putting Chinese carmakers ahead of local competition in Russia's small but rapidly expanding electric vehicle (EV) sector. Chinese carmakers have already seized more than half of Russia's car market since Western competitors pulled out, taking their technology and know-how with them, after Moscow...

(Reuters) -UK-based human rights group Stop Uyghur Genocide has launched a legal campaign to block Shein's potential London listing over concerns about its labour practices, a law firm representing the campaign group said on Wednesday. Human rights law firm Leigh Day has written to the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to urge the regulator to refuse any attempt by Shein...

JAKARTA, June 27 (Reuters) - Copper miner Freeport Indonesia on Thursday launched its $3.7 billion copper smelter in Gresik, East Java, citing growing demand for the metal in the race to transition to renewable energy. The smelter's total input capacity is 1.7 million metric tons of copper concentrate and output capacity will reach around 650,000 tons of copper cathode and...

* Chinese brands now make up over half of car sales in Russia * Zeekr dominates EV sector despite lacking official presence * Lack of charging stations, plentiful oil hinder EV market growth * Electric cars still account for less than 2% of Russian market By Gleb Stolyarov and Alexander Marrow MOSCOW, June 27 (Reuters) - Sales of Zeekr electric...