China is becoming an increasingly price-sensitive buyer, and appears more willing to use its purchasing power to try to influence prices.

The steel-making staple lost as much as 2.9% in Singapore.

The fund launched in 2013 allows direct investments in platinum traded on the spot market and registered the highest inflows among locally listed funds.

A rough calculation using Tuesday’s closing share price shows the deal is valued at about C$6.6 million.

Chris Ellison-led MinRes has beefed up a 24.27% stake in Delta.

About $A111.3 billion of energy and mining deals have been announced in Australia year-to-date, accounting for almost half of all transactions in the country.

China's leaders started a closed-door meeting on Monday to discuss economic targets and map out stimulus plans for 2024.

The tender was conducted by Sodiam E.P in Luanda, and the Lulo parcel of 609 carats consisted of 4 Type IIa diamonds weighing 41 carats, 123 carats, 208 carats and 235 carats, respectively.