Agricultural commodities group ADM said a drone strike on Aug. 31 affected its facility in Odesa, Ukraine.

Shanghai Gold Exchange gold T+D opened the Sept. 2 evening session down 2.33% at 936.66 yuan/gram; silver T+D opened up 0.36% at 15,675 yuan/kg.

China's mountain glaciers, concentrated on the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas, are undergoing accelerated melt amid a warmer, wetter climate, the National Climate Center said. Chinese glacier catalogs show Tibetan Plateau glacier area has fallen about 24% over the past 60 years and roughly 7,000 small glaciers have vanished. Rapid warming is driving accelerated cryosphere loss: glacial lakes have increased and expanded quickly, glaciers are entering a state of dynamic instability, and internal structural stability is expected to decline further. The center warned glacier-related disasters are likely to become more frequent and could cascade into larger, more damaging events.