Lithium price: Hydroxide back on top

Just when you thought coal was out, the fossil fuel appears to be back on the burner.

Base metals enjoy one of their best trading weeks of the year – nickel jumps 3.5%, zinc at highest since March.

Physical markets, not just futures speculation behind the latest rally

Ban covers more than 150 second-tier ports

The approval ends a three-week bidding war between Yancoal and Glencore over Rio's thermal coal assets in Australia.

It now expects to produce at least 180,000-210,000 ounces of gold this year at Kışladağ, which brings Eldorado's full-year guidance down from 365,000-400,000 ounces to 315,000-365,000 ounces.

The South African firm has secured control of the gemstones producer and plans to delist it.

Gemfields has been at the centre of a bidding war between the South African private equity group and Fosun Gold, a unit of Fosun International.

The company has chosen to sell its Hunter Valley coal mines to China-backed Yancoal, but shareholders will decide.