Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange said the first batch of sunflower seed oil futures contracts to begin trading on Nov. 12, 2026 — SO2705, SO2707, SO2709 and SO2711 — will carry a listing benchmark price of 10,000 yuan/ton.

Zimbabwe will keep a Jan 2027 deadline to stop exporting lithium concentrate, Mines and Mineral Development Minister Polite Kambamura told officials, instructing the ministry to retain the cutoff in planning despite producer requests for delays. The president has ordered that from Jan 2027 Zimbabwe will only export lithium sulfate, leaving little room for extensions; producers had asked for relief until about June 2027 saying some local processing projects may not be ready. Mining companies are accelerating construction and commissioning of local processing facilities, Mining Zimbabwe reported.

Euro area governments, after preliminary vetting of ECB presidential candidates, are considering packaging the presidency with two other senior posts. Following last week’s application deadline, euro area finance ministers confirmed nominations of Dutch central bank governor Klaas Knot and Spain’s Pablo Hernández de Cos and discussed deciding all three appointments together. The proposal will be submitted to EU leaders for discussion with a target decision in December. Eurogroup chair Kyriakos Pierrakakis said two experienced, internationally respected candidates have been nominated and leaders may seek a joint settlement to build consensus. The process opens the political contest over who will set monetary policy for a euro area of more than 350 million people; ECB President Christine Lagarde said last month she will leave the post early in February to allow herself greater freedom to comment on political matters.