India's cut and polished diamond exports have been faltering due to weak demand from the key market, China.

Beijing has unveiled a flurry of stimulus measures to revive its beleaguered property market.

The country increased production by 5% year-on-year to 3.65 million metric tons in May, according to the latest estimate.

The Kipushi zinc mine produced its first concentrate on June 14, Ivanhoe said Tuesday.

Copper rose for a third session, extending its rebound from a two-month low.

Its board on Friday unanimously rejected the transaction.

Beijing announced regulations aimed at protecting supplies of the strategic minerals in the interest of national security, a move some in the market said could potentially tighten supply.

The most-traded September iron ore contract on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) DCIOcv1 ended daytime trade 2.5% higher.