Copper prices rose on Friday but was on track for a weekly loss after investors sold the base metal complex on China's slowing growth, COVID-19 outbreaks, and U.S. tapering worries.
Gold prices eased on Thursday as a stronger dollar and bets over an early policy tapering by the U.S. Federal Reserve weighed on sentiment, although losses for the safe-haven metal were limited by concerns that rising COVID-19 cases will slow global growth.
Australia's Lake Resources said on Wednesday that the UK's export credit agency had expressed strong interest in covering 70% of the funding needed for the lithium developer's flagship Kachi project in Argentina.