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  • Thursday, 10 July, 2025
    Agricultural commodities
    Coffee prices climb after Trump threatens 50% tariffs on Brazil

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    Plan to shut Greenergy unit follows recent collapse of oil refinery in the same area

  • Thursday, 10 July, 2025
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    Ivanhoe Mines founder Robert Friedland welcomes 50% import levy and says domestic production is ‘fundamental’ to US security

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    US president says levy on the key industrial metal follows a ‘national security assessment’

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    LME price sinks as traders bet any levies will ultimately hit demand for industrial metal

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  • Wednesday, 9 July, 2025
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  • Tuesday, 8 July, 2025
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    China’s weaponisation of rare earths is a new kind of trade war

    The country’s latest sanctions are proving far more effective than prior efforts

    Rare earths at a factory in Tianjin, China. Manufacturers speak of resilience yet some keep only a week’s supply of rare earth magnets in their inventories
  • Monday, 7 July, 2025
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  • Monday, 7 July, 2025
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  • Monday, 7 July, 2025
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    Beijing takes advantage of prices at 5-year lows for metal vital to steel and EV batteries in push to secure supply chains

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  • Monday, 7 July, 2025
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  • Monday, 7 July, 2025
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  • Sunday, 6 July, 2025
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    Sibanye-Stillwater chief executive says suppliers to western nations need ‘level playing field’

    Soil containing rare earth minerals ready to be loaded at a port in Lianyungang, eastern China
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  • Saturday, 5 July, 2025
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  • Saturday, 5 July, 2025
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