Arafura Rare Earths is trading A$0.15, down 7.20%, as October 13 coverage attributed the decline to a broad selloff in Australian battery-metals and rare-earth producers, with no company-specific catalyst reported. - Construction began at Nolans. - A binding five-year Traxys offtake rose to up to 850 tonnes of NdPr annually, from 500 tonnes. - Major U.S. indices were nearly flat; the article provided no trading-volume figures.