Statistics South Africa: July gold production fell 7.4% YoY; total mining output fell 7.5% YoY; platinum group metal production fell 13.5% YoY.

Ruipu Lanjun said the viral video relates to an incident at its Jiashan facility. The company said the employee had voluntarily submitted a resignation and requested immediate clearance; company procedures require time and the parties disagreed on timing, after which the employee became emotional and acted out. The matter was resolved the same day in the presence of local police; the company has filed a police report and says claims it "restricted employees' restroom use" are inconsistent with the facts. Ruipu Lanjun said it will further improve employee communication channels and reinforce compliance management.

The UK will ban imports of goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and create new powers to sanction individuals and firms that "support, assist or profit from" settlement activity. Practical enforcement gaps, however, limit near-term market impact. UK and Israel have a free trade agreement with bilateral trade of roughly £6 billion a year by 2025; official data show UK imports recorded from Palestine over the past four quarters totaled only about £6 million—equivalent to roughly 0.1% of projected UK‑Israel trade even if all were settlement goods. Origin identification is a key problem: settlement products are often incorporated into Israeli supply chains and exported as Israeli goods; one investigation found about one-sixth of Israeli fresh produce bound for Europe contains settlement-origin items. The UK requires importers seeking tariff preferences to declare code Y864 and give an origin postcode, but false declarations are difficult for customs to trace. The sanctions phraseology also leaves open questions for public contracting: an Al Jazeera review found roughly £2.1 billion of UK public-sector contracts awarded to 17 firms linked to settlements, with Motorola Solutions–related entities accounting for more than £1.7 billion, mostly via UK subsidiary Airwave Solutions. The government has not clarified whether designated firms would face contract termination or restructuring.