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China is by far the biggest miner and producer of rare earths, exporting 62,585 metric tons in 2025, according to Reuters.
From MarketWatch
Soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade found some strength in the latter-half of 2025, hitting 16-month highs near $12 in November after promises from China to purchase roughly 12 million metric tons of U.S. soybean exports.
If the metric comes in at 100%, that means a quantum gate—an essential component of quantum systems that enables the execution of algorithms—operates exactly as intended.
From Barron's
Economists typically watch the PPI numbers closely because some of the underlying data is used in calculating the personal-consumption expenditures price index, the inflation metric that the Federal Reserve uses to gauge progress against its 2% inflation target.
The most-traded iron-ore contract on the Dalian Commodity Exchange rose 0.2% to 822.0 yuan a metric ton.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
