Mining
Metals range-bound as soft dollar, rate outlook counter tariff unpredictability
Most base metals traded within a tight range on Friday, as assistance from a softer dollar and expectations of further U.S. interest rate cuts was partially offset by uncertainty over potential tariffs from U.S. Presidentelect Donald Trump. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange ( LME) held its ground at $9,241 a metric lot by 0128 GMT. Copper also discovered some support after the State Grid Corp of China promised record spending this year. The country's biggest network operator is likely to spend around 650 billion yuan ($ 88.71 billion) to help connect brand-new wind and solar farms to the...