<div id="readability-page-1"><div>Producers of metals and other raw materials fell after warnings from two major steelmakers offset a continuation of precious metals' hot streak. Investors chased the gains in safe-haven precious metals ahead of consumer-price inflation data. Gold futures rose 1% to $4,347.50 a troy ounce, and front-month silver rallied 5.6% to $66.24 a troy ounce, both all-time highs. Nucor and Steel Dynamics warned that their fourth-quarter earnings would fall well short of Wall Street's expectations. Nucor shares fell, but shares of Steel Dynamics rose, even after its warning. Timber giant Weyerhaeuser, America's largest private landowner, said it has launched a venture to turn runty trees and sawdust from its fleet of mills into a replacement for metallurgical coal used in steel making. Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller, who is on President Donald Trump's shortlist to become the next Fed chair, said inflation is going to soften in the coming months, and that there is room for substantial rate cuts. Bolivia is seeking a financial lifeline from the Trump administration, and intending to open its vast lithium reserves to foreign investors. Write to Rob Curran at rob.curran@dowjones.com (END) Dow Jones Newswires12-17-25 1730ET</div></div>

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金屬和其他原材料的生產商在 Nucor 和 Steel Dynamics 關於第四季度收益低於預期的警告後下跌。儘管有警告，Steel Dynamics 的股價卻上漲。貴金屬上漲，黃金和白銀達到了歷史新高。Weyerhaeuser 啓動了一項替代冶金煤的風險投資。美聯儲理事 Christopher Waller 預測通脹將趨於温和，並可能降息。玻利維亞尋求特朗普政府的財政援助，並計劃向外國投資者開放鋰礦儲備

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