Exports of the group of 17 chemical elements used in everything from high-tech consumer electronics to military equipment came in at 3,966 tonnes last month.
Coal stockpiles at China's six largest coastal coal-fired power plants reached 18.32 million tonnes on Wednesday, equivalent to nearly 31 days of daily consumption.
The miner must still deliver a new study on the impact on nearby indigenous communities of the project, which promises to be Brazil's largest gold mine.
VW has said it will buy 50 billion euros worth of battery cells and has identified Sweden’s Northvolt, South Korea’s SKI, LG Chem and Samsung SDI, as well as China’s CATL as strategic partners.
If Congress rewrote the laws to force the Fed to operate monetary policy so as to stabilize gold's value in dollar terms, Powell said, unemployment could rise or inflation could swing wildly.