"Regulators pay a lot of attention to the local environment, but not to the net benefits to the climate," said Anna Borg, chief executive of Swedish utility Vattenfall.

In April 2021, China exported 46356.934 tons of ferrosilicon (containing by weight more than 55% of silicon).

The 2109 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 8396 yuan per ton on June1.

Democratic Republic of Congo has authorised exports of copper.

Australian copper miner 29Metals and its shareholders are seeking to raise as much as A$609.1-million ($471-million) in an initial public offering (IPO) in Sydney.

China will strengthen management of both supply and demand sides to curb "unreasonable" increases in commodity prices.

Asia's iron-ore futures tumbled on Monday, leading another bout of selling in the metals complex, after China's state planner warned against commodity price manipulation and vowed to clamp down on speculative trading.

JSE-listed openpit miner Afrimat’s diversification strategy, along with a particularly strong iron-ore price.