Producers of metals and other raw materials fell amid fears about the impact of a persistently high rate of Covid-19 spread in the U.S. on the economic outlook.
The Army Corps of Engineers is rejecting the environmental plan for the massive Pebble Mine in Alaska, likely marking an end to one of the country's most controversial plans to extract gold and copper in a pristine wilderness.
Gold futures finished more or less flat as a selloff in the safe haven, spurred by advances in Covid-19 vaccine trials, slowed.
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