(Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed avenues for expanding U.S. participation in Liberia's critical minerals sector in a meeting this week with Liberian Foreign Minister Sara Beysolow Nyanti, the State Department said on Friday. Rubio and Nyanti met in Washington on Thursday to discuss deepening U.S.-Liberia bilateral relations and expanding U.S. commercial engagement in Liberia, State Department spokesperson...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed orders expanding credits for U.S. auto and engine production and setting new 25% tariffs on imported medium- and heavy-duty trucks and parts starting November 1. The tariffs, which the orders say are being made on national security grounds, are aimed at shifting more auto production to the United States but could...

(Reuters) -Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, a UK-based pricing and data research firm for energy transition minerals, has cut at least a fifth of its workforce in recent weeks, said three people familiar with the company. The 11-year-old firm had been rapidly expanding over the last couple of years alongside growing market interest in lithium, copper and other minerals needed for electric...

* Trump imposing 25% tariffs on all medium, heavy duty trucks, parts * Commerce also imposing 10% tariffs on imported buses * Expanded credits could provide help to automakers building in the U.S. (Adds more details, background in paragraphs 2, 4-15) By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed orders expanding credits for...