Indonesia, Vale agree price for divestment, minister says

Gold surged by the most since March on Friday. 

Hopes of additional economic stimulus by Beijing helped limit losses.

Founded in 2009, Archi is one of the biggest pure-play gold producers in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

According to FT, Adani utilized offshore intermediaries to import $5 billion worth of coal, with prices at times exceeding double the market rate.

Chile says Japanese battery and metals companies are among Asian investors interested in acquiring long-term preferential access to lithium.

Researchers emphasized that many mines set to close soon don't have plans for future operations or transitioning to a post-coal economy.

Strong purchases during the October-December festival period, considered an auspicious time to own and wear gold, may underpin the global market.

The government also set the royalty for niobium at 3% of the average sale price, and for rare earth elements at 1% of the average sale price of rare earth oxide.

Freeport has a temporary exemption from a nationwide ban on exports of mined copper, but it faces a cliff-edge scenario in May.