JAKARTA, Sept 15 (Reuters) - An Indonesian mining ministry official said that only operations at Grasberg Block Cave have been halted due to a mud flow incident in the area operated by Freeport Indonesia, with other smaller sites still operational. Overall, mining in the Grasberg area is currently at 30% of normal capacity, Tri Winarno, a director general at the...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's BYD said on Monday it would actively respond to an industry initiative that fleshes out rules on automakers making timely payments to suppliers, joining others in complying with a government call against price wars. The Chinese electric vehicle giant said it will focus on order confirmation, delivery and acceptance, payment and settlement, and contract duration...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins vowed to give businesses notice of technical violations before bashing down their door, marking a shift away from aggressive enforcement actions, according to a Financial Times interview published on Monday. I think a lot of people rightly criticised the SEC, said Atkins. Especially in more recent years it was not...

ZURICH (Reuters) -Swatch will hike its prices in the United States by between 5% and 15% after the 39% tariff President Donald Trump imposed on Switzerland last month, the Swiss watchmaker's Chief Executive Nick Hayek said in a newspaper interview. Hayek told the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper at the weekend that the U.S. tariffs could be mitigated through transfer prices,...