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Copper spikes higher after Trump postpones military strikes on Iranian power plants
Copper prices jumped on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he will order the U.S. military to postpone any military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure. Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 1.7% at $12,132 a metric ton at 1127 GMT. It had hit a three-month low at $11,700 a ton after Iran said it would attack Israel’s power plants and those supplying U.S. bases across the Gulf region if Donald Trump carries out his threat to “obliterate” Iran’s power network. Traders said a relief rally was propelling industrial metal prices higher as was the softer U.S. ... (full story)
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I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE COUNTRY OF IRAN, HAVE HAD, OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING A COMPLETE AND TOTAL RESOLUTION OF OUR HOSTILITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. BASED ON THE TENOR AND TONE OF THESE IN DEPTH, DETAILED, AND CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS, WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, I HAVE INSTRUCTED THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR TO POSTPONE ANY AND ALL MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST IRANIAN POWER PLANTS AND ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A FIVE DAY PERIOD, SUBJECT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE ONGOING MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he would order the military to postpone strikes on Iran’s power plants and energy infrastructure for five days following “productive” dialogue regarding “total resolution” of hostilities in the Middle East. Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform that the U.S. and Iran had “VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE ...
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