Alumina broke away from last week's record high, and panic buying related to Guinea subsided. LME copper futures closed down 39 US dollars to 9052 US dollars/ton. LME aluminum closed up $6 to $2,605/ton. LME zinc futures closed up $20 to $3,096/ton. LME lead closed up $4 to $2010/ton. LME nickel futures closed down $306 to $15,862/ton. LME tin closed down $437 to $29,097/ton. LME cobalt was flat at $24,300/ton.Market News: Belarusian President Lukashenko approved the budget of Belarus in 2025.Two weeks after the ceasefire in Lebanon, Britain and Japan lowered their travel warnings to Israel. Two weeks after the ceasefire in Lebanon, Britain and Japan announced that they would lower their travel warnings to Israel respectively. Japan lowered its travel warning from level 3 to level 2. Britain followed suit and cancelled all travel warnings to Israel and the West Bank.
Russia is negotiating with the new Syrian authorities to maintain its two military bases in Syria.Market information: According to satellite photo analysis and Ukrainian intelligence assessment, Russia seems to be withdrawing some troops from Syria after the sudden collapse of the Assad regime.Turkey said it would crack down on Kurdish armed forces in Syria. Turkish President Erdogan held talks with visiting US Secretary of State Blinken in Ankara on December 12. The two sides discussed the latest situation in Syria and bilateral relations. Erdogan said that Turkey would crack down on all "terrorist organizations" such as the PKK.
Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives: A great deal of evidence has been found that "the financial industry implements conspiracy and antitrust behavior in order to impose extreme ESG targets on American companies".Google spokesperson: Google intends to appeal the decision of the Turkish Competition Authority. Earlier, the Turkish antitrust agency fined Google $75 million for advertising technology investigation.New york cocoa futures rose more than 4% to $11,296 a tonne.
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