Chinas Export Ban to Push Antimony Prices to new Highs

Jan 6 Reuters Antimony prices are likely to hit record levels as consumers seek alternative supplies following China39;s latest export ban with growing trade tensions changing the dynamics around markets for critical materials. Last month, China banned exports to the United States of critical minerals gallium, germanium and antimony. Prices of antimony , used in semiconductors and […]
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Canadas Services PMI Shows Activity Shrinking at YearEnd

TORONTO, Jan 6 Reuters Canada39;s services economy deteriorated for the first time in three months in December as a postal workers39; strike weighed on activity and work outstanding tumbled, SP Global39;s Canada services PMI data showed on Monday. The headline business activity index fell to 48.2 from 51.2 in November, moving below the 50.0 nochange […]
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US Factory Orders Fall in November

WASHINGTON, Jan 6 Reuters New orders for U.S.manufactured goods fell in November while business spending on equipment appeared to have slowed in the fourth quarter, government data showed on Monday. Factory orders dropped 0.4 after an upwardly revised 0.5 gain in October, the Commerce Department39;s Census Bureau said. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast factory […]
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