The price of battery-grade lithium carbonate has experienced a significant crash due to an oversupplied market in Asia and a slowdown in the global adoption rate of electric vehicles.
A subsea pipeline rupture near Louisiana has resulted in a significant oil spill of 26,000 barrels, halting offshore production from several major oil companies and marking the worst spill in the US since the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Finland is closing all but one of its border crossings with Russia to control the influx of asylum seekers, with Prime Minister Petteri Orpo citing Russia s alleged role in the crisis.
Crude inventories ballooned this week according to API inventory data, but the build in crude inventories came along with declines in gasoline and distillates