Qatar's Amiri Diwan said the Emir, U.S. presidential envoy Witkoff and Kushner discussed U.S.-Iran negotiations and developments in Lebanon.

On July 1 evening Xiamen Tungsten’s subsidiary Luoyang Yulu Mining effectively halted production after upstream partner China Molybdenum suspended deliveries of tungsten-bearing tailings. China Molybdenum said the pause reflects national compliance requirements for tungsten mining and that Luoyang Yulu’s shareholders have not agreed a handling plan, so the company stopped tailings supply to ensure regulatory compliance. Industry sources note tungsten is managed as a strategic metal under quota and export controls and that tailings are being reclassified; supplying tungsten-containing tailings to Luoyang Yulu could therefore raise quota, resource-flow or mining-rights compliance issues.

Meta Platforms (META.O) shares rose more than 10% intraday after reports the company is building a cloud business to sell excess AI compute capacity.