Indonesia to remove US critical minerals export restrictions

View: Source Indonesia has agreed to eliminate tariffs on more than 99% of U.S. goods and scrap all non-tariff barriers facing American firms, while the U.S. will drop threatened tariffs on Indonesian products to 19% from 32%, the two countries said on Tuesday. Trump hailed the deal, which he first announced on July 15, in a posting on his Truth Social …

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Platinum market’s ‘deep’ tightness shows little sign of relief

View: Source The platinum market has tightened to unprecedented levels in the past few days as tariff fears and speculative buying pull metal from the key London and Zurich markets into warehouses in the US and China. Following a record rally last month, spot prices have soared to fresh all-time highs and the implied cost of borrowing the metal for one month …

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How China came to rule the world of rare earth elements

View: Source This is a satellite image collected on Nov. 13, 2012, of the Maoniuping Mine, one of China’s largest rare earth elements mines, located near Mianning, Sichuan province, China. DigitalGlobe/Maxar via Getty Images Deep in an underground, World War II-era vault on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, investment manager Louis O’Connor guards his firm’s most valuable assets. The treasure inside? …

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