Metal price rose on Friday, supported by a rebound in equities and tight supply, but a firmer dollar and expectations of an early US interest rate hike kept copper on track for its biggest weekly decline in more than two months.

The South African gold major is acquiring the remaining 80.5% of the shares of Corvus it doesn’t already own.

Energy Fuels does not produce any uranium currently due in part to low prices.

Kazakhstan accounts for about 40% of global uranium production.

Gold and silver prices are pressured as markets attempt to squeeze in a fourth rate hike for 2022, TD Securities said.

The US Federal Reserve signaled that it may raise interest rates sooner than expected.

Gold prices are firming despite the market pricing of a 70% probability for a Fed rate hike in March, TD Securities wrote.