Producers of metals, grains and other raw materials were more or less flat as traders awaited updates on the Iran war.
Forestry giant Weyerhaeuser said the conflict was increasing export costs in the timber industry. Fuel costs are passing through to log and haul prices, fertilizer, transportation and resin costs.
Saddled by billions in crushing debt owed to Beijing, the Zambian government helped a Chinese-owned mining giant cover up one of the worst mining pollution incidents in the country's history, according to an investigation by the U.S. House Select Committee on China.
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