Gold futures finished May lower, with the front-month contract shedding 0.5% in that time and falling to $3,288.90 per troy ounce.

Tungsten's role as the prime military metal is prompting a rush to restock supplies and reestablish non-Chinese supply-lines.

Battery / EV Metals Price BMI Lithium Carbonate, EXW China, >=99.2% Li2CO3 8,650 BMI Lithium Hydroxide, EXW China, >=56.5% LiOH 8,725 BMI Cobalt Sulphate, EXW China, >20.5% Co 6,603 BMI Nickel ...