Copper steadied near $14,000/ton after exchange-tracked warehouses received fresh deliveries, easing earlier supply tightness. LME futures were little changed on Tuesday after posting their lowest close in four weeks. Copper fell sharply from a weekend record high that followed traders diverting refined metal to the US ahead of expected tariffs that have not been implemented; Monday saw the largest LME warehouse copper delivery in nearly four weeks. Three-month LME copper is trading $85.75/ton o

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and China State Planner issued the 15th Five-Year Plan for Electronic Information Manufacturing, directing scaled deployment of the BeiDou system from industry-specific use to mass, nationwide adoption. The plan backs R&D in BeiDou chips, algorithms, anti‑jamming and satellite‑ground integration to address core supply‑chain bottlenecks and build an end‑to‑end tech supply chain; advances PNT system integration of BeiDou, satellite internet and space remote sensing; targets full‑industry linkage across chips, antennas, terminals, systems and services; and calls for forward deployment of satellite internet to expand direct‑to‑satellite terminal use cases and strengthen the terminal industry ecosystem.

French Foreign Minister Barrot said Russia's attack on trains at the Ukraine-Poland border is intended to intimidate and divide Europeans.