China Galaxy Securities was allocated funds in the third swap facilitation operation. The firm said it will coordinate across departments to provide pledged securities and prepare eligible assets to complete application and bidding, laying groundwork for subsequent swap operations, financing and investment execution. Proceeds will follow prior investment direction and support continued long-term equity-market asset allocation.

DRC officials seized thousands of tonnes of copper and cobalt and more than 500 trucks plus other vehicles and machinery after a committee of police, military and mining ministry officials inspected Lualaba and Haut-Katanga provinces, the justice ministry said on Monday. The justice minister has ordered an investigation into allegations of widespread illegal mining; the operation may have uncovered mining fraud, illegal extraction and mineral smuggling. The DRC is the world’s largest supplier of cobalt and the second-largest producer of copper and has long struggled to prevent artisanal miners from encroaching on large concession areas held by international mining companies.

China Railway Hohhot Group reported a China-Europe freight train carrying auto parts and daily goods departed the Erenhot rail port for Europe, pushing the middle corridor's year-to-date train throughput above 4,000 trains.