Copper and aluminum have surged for the second week running, while precious metals rise more subtly, and oil and gas prices nosedive, not much higher than their low point before Trump halted the global tariffs. Now that it’s too late to manufacture a solar module in time for it to be installed ahead of China’s June 1st policy shift, the prices have slumped again the short distance back down to rock bottom. Entity 17-Apr 25-Apr Unit % Spodumene Concentrate 817 793 $/ton -2.94% Lithium Carbonate 10,114 9,551 $/ton -5.57% Nickel Sulphate 3,881 3,842 $/ton -1.01% Cobalt Sulphate 6,795 6,756 $/ton -0.57% Manganese Sulphate 840 833 $/ton -0.75% Copper 9,587 10,694 $/ton 11.54% Aluminum 2,490 2,746 $/ton 10.28% Iron 104 100…