Tesla will update investors on the toll that price cuts have taken on earnings when it reports its third-quarter results on October 18.

The company said it has told customers it will keep the surcharge at $228 a ton ahead of the start of annual supply negotiations in London.

The probe will focus on new battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) and alleged subsidies granted by the Chinese state, a legal notice in the EU’s official journal confirmed October 4.

Minerals critical for the green transition and highly traded agricultural products are especially vulnerable to “geo-economic fragmentation,” the IMF said October 3.

The nation, which has curbed overseas sales of all grades of rice to control domestic food inflation, will reduce the minimum export price to $850 a ton from $1,200.

The Biden administration and Lithium Americas Corp. are negotiating the terms of an agreement that would fund more than half of the cost of the Thacker Pass mine in Nevada.

The plant is set to start operating in 2026 and will initially produce enough batteries for about half a million EVs. 

The three-year deal gives Trafigura a big new chunk of credit for trading at a time when energy prices are rising again.

Public health experts have criticized rich countries for being too slow to make vaccines available to the developing world during the COVID pandemic.

The issue of securing supply has recently taken on importance as Europe’s gas market has seen renewed volatility due to supply risks.