Peru's Ministry of Energy and Mines said August copper output fell 5.0% YoY to 230,676 metric tonnes.

Following joint guiding opinions issued in July by the State Administration for Market Regulation, the Ministry of Public Security, MOFCOM and the State Taxation Administration, the agencies will normalize comprehensive enforcement against fuel-dispenser tampering. The State Administration for Market Regulation will tighten production-end oversight, hold dispenser manufacturers and petrol-station operators accountable, and require strict compliance with meter type-approval and anti-tamper rules. Agencies will coordinate to explore software and hardware upgrade mechanisms for dispensers and accelerate iteration of anti-tamper technical standards. Authorities will target black- and grey-market chains that knowingly modify devices or crack software, severing networks across production, sales and use, raising penalties and strengthening full-chain defenses to raise the cost of fraud and reduce cheating incentives.

烏克蘭總統澤連斯基16日請求歐盟領導人明年向烏克蘭額外提供700億歐元資金，以幫助烏克蘭繼續對抗俄羅斯。