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            <title>Aluminium supply shock revives long-idled Western smelters, Reuters says</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The supply shock caused by the Iran war is sparking old Western aluminium smelters back into life.

In the US, Magnitude 7 Metals is reactivating the New Madrid smelter in Missouri.]]></description>
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            <title>Japan Q3 aluminium premiums soar to highest since 2015 on Mideast supply squeeze</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Japanese aluminium buyers agreed to pay premiums of $395 a ton for shipments between July and September, the highest since 2015, as the US-Israeli war on Iran squeezed supply, five sources involved in the pricing talks said.

Japan is a major Asian importer of the light metal and the premiums for primary metal shipments it agrees to pay each quarter over the London Metal Exchange (LME) cash price serve as the regional benchmark.]]></description>
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            <title>New South32 CEO sees strong growth ahead in zinc, lead, silver, copper</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Being a premier base metals-focused business with strong growth potential is the vision for South32 of new CEO Matt Daley. “We've got around 55% production growth over the next handful of years in the commodities that we particularly feel are strongly structurally positioned for really strong years ahead, those being zinc, lead, silver, and copper,” said an upbeat Daley who spoke to Mining Weekly after taking over the reins of South32 from outgoing Graham Kerr on July 1.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <title>Hillside Aluminium, Sibanye-Stillwater, DRDGOLD make headlines </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses South32’s conditional agreement to sell Hillside Aluminium to Alcoa; Sibanye-Stillwater calling for new longer-term platinum group metal applications; and DRDGOLD’s R8-billion internally funded capital programme.  ]]></description>
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            <title>South32 deal enabling Alcoa to surpass Rio as world’s biggest bauxite miner</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[With the acquisition of South32’s aluminium assets, Alcoa will surpass Rio Tinto to become the world's largest bauxite mining company on an equity-attributable production basis, with global share rising from 8.5% to 13%, Wood Mackenzie reported on Thursday, July 2. In addition to South Africa's Hillside Aluminium smelter and the idled Bayside smelter property in KwaZulu-Natal province, Alcoa will acquire South32’s interests in the Boddington bauxite mine and the Worsley alumina refinery in Western Australia; and the Mineração Rio do Norte bauxite mine and the Alumar alumina refinery and aluminium smelter in Brazil.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Alcoa sees South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium being 'cash flow accretive immediately'</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[This asset adds scale to our smelting portfolio in a way that is expected to be cash flow accretive immediately, Alcoa Corporation President and CEO William (Bill) F Oplinger said of South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium smelting business during a conference call following the NYSE-listed company’s announcement of agreement to buy the aluminium-linked assets of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed South32. “We think we’re acquiring fantastic long-term assets at a really reasonable price,” Oplinger said during question time in reply to Citi Investment Research analyst Alex Hacking.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>UAE's IHC, Adani plan $11bn aluminium project in India</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Abu Dhabi's International Holding Company plans to invest $11.5-billion in an integrated aluminium project in India's eastern state of Odisha through a joint venture with Adani Group, a State official said on Thursday, marking the country's largest foreign investment in the metals sector.

Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), IHC and India's Adani Group will each hold a 50% stake in the venture, which will comprise a refinery, smelter, captive power plant and downstream aluminium manufacturing park.]]></description>
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            <title>Alcoa is well positioned to operate South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium, says Pillay</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As a global producer of materials across the aluminium value chain, Alcoa Corporation is well positioned to operate South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium business into the future, South32 COO Africa Noel Pillay stated categorically on Wednesday, July 1, when the diversified Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed mining company South32 announced the signing of a binding conditional agreement to sell Hillside Aluminium to New York-listed Alcoa for up to $5.6-billion. In addition to the Hillside aluminium smelter and the idled Bayside smelter property in South Africa, Alcoa will also acquire South32’s interests in Australia's Boddington bauxite mine and the Worsley alumina refinery, as well as the Mineração Rio do Norte bauxite mine and the Alumar alumina refinery and aluminium smelter in Brazil.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:09:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Norsk Hydro's Slovak aluminium smelter to partially restart production</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/norsk-hydros-slovak-aluminium-smelter-to-partially-restart-production-2026-07-01</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Norsk Hydro said on Wednesday its Slovalco aluminium joint venture had struck an agreement with the Slovak government to partially restart production after a four-year shutdown, with the deal including a new long-term power supply contract.

The pact paves the way for the restart of 75 000 t/y of smelting capacity, with production expected to resume in the fourth quarter of 2026, Hydro said.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>South32 to sell most of its aluminium assets to Alcoa Corporation for up to $5.6bn</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/south32-to-sell-aluminium-assets-to-alcoa-corporation-for-up-to-56bn-2026-07-01</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Diversified miner South32 has signed a binding conditional agreement to sell its aluminium value chain assets, including its interest in Worsley Alumina, in Australia, and Hillside Aluminium, in South Africa, to NYSE- and ASX-listed Alcoa Corporation for up to $5.6-billion. South32's Mozal Aluminium operation, in Mozambique, is, however, excluded from the transaction. The operation remains on care and maintenance, with divestment under "active consideration".]]></description>
            <author>Chanel de Bruyn</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:13:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>EU aluminium scrap export curbs delayed until September, group and sources say</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The European Commission's plans to introduce measures to limit exports of aluminium scrap have been delayed until September, sector lobby group European Aluminium and other industry sources said.

European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic announced the plans for measures to restrict scrap exports last November, saying then that they should be adopted by spring 2026. One industry source said the measures had been delayed due to the difficulty of finding a balance between competing interests.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 08:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>US metal producers Brimstone, Century ink MoU to strengthen primary aluminium production</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/us-metal-producers-brimstone-century-ink-mou-to-strengthen-primary-aluminium-production-2026-06-25</link>
            <description><![CDATA[US-based alumina and other industrial materials company Brimstone has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the largest American primary aluminium producer, Century Aluminium, to establish a domestic mine-to-metal supply chain for primary aluminium production.

Under the agreement, Brimstone will supply Century with significant volumes of alumina—the key ingredient in aluminium—from its forthcoming plant, underscoring a shared commitment to strengthening national security through a reliable, US-based aluminium supply chain using American feedstock. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
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            <title>Woodside inks gas supply agreement with Alcoa Australia</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Woodside Energy agreed to supply domestic gas to aluminium producer Alcoa Corporation's Australian unit from 2027 to 2030, the Australian energy major said on Tuesday.

Under the deal, Woodside will supply 31.1 petajoules of domestic gas from its Western Australian operations to Alcoa's refineries.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>GAS &amp; ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Grid infrastructure requirements reshape base metals demand outlook to 2040 – WoodMac</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/grid-infrastructure-requirements-reshape-base-metals-demand-outlook-to-2040-woodmac-2026-06-17</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Research from consultancy Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac) finds that the base metals required to power the global data centre boom extend far beyond the servers, cooling units and enclosures inside these facilities. The consultancy highlights, in a media release, that when grid reinforcement, transmission networks and facility-level power systems are included, total system-level metals consumption reaches an estimated three to four times the volume implied by the asset itself.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
            <category>BASE METALS</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Alcoa flags lower Australian alumina shipments after cyclone</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[US-based bauxite, alumina, and aluminum producer Alcoa Corporation expects shipments from its Pinjarra alumina refinery in Australia to fall by around 120 000t in the second quarter compared to the first quarter, owing to the impact of Cyclone Narelle, the company's CFO said.

The cyclone, which hit Australia in March, disrupted liquefied natural gas supply to the 4.7-million ton a year capacity Pinjarra plant and increased second-quarter production costs by $30-million, Molly Beerman told the Wells Fargo Industrials & Materials Conference in Chicago on Wednesday.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>South Africa proposes extending auto incentives to battery materials</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa plans to add to its automotive incentive programme minerals used in the manufacturing of electric vehicle batteries to boost local EV production and support related supply chains. The government is reviewing its automotive policy to address the global shift toward electric and hybrid vehicles, tightening emissions rules and rising competition from low-cost imports, particularly from China and India.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <title>Rio Tinto commits 30% more funds to Canadian communities</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[British-Australian multinational mining company Rio Tinto is increasing its yearly community investment commitment in Canada by 30% through the Rio Tinto Canada Fund (RTCF), bringing total yearly funding to C$13-million to support community-led initiatives across the country.

Rio Tinto mines and produces iron-ore, titanium dioxide, diamonds and aluminum across Canada.
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            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <title>New cadastre processing W Cape mining licence applications, Parliament hears</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The phased rollout of the new online mining licensing system – the cadastre – is progressing steadily, with Western Cape applications being received and processed online, Parliament was informed on June 3 during the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources’ (DMPR's) National Council of Provinces (NCOP) Budget Vote 34. The migration from the old system to the new platform has been completed in the Western Cape, and the implementation is now progressing to other regions, Minerals and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe reported.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <title>Platinum investment demand broadening to minor PGM metals, SFA (Oxford) points out</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/platinum-investment-demand-broadening-to-minor-pgm-metals-sfa-oxford-points-out-2026-06-03</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The strong ongoing investment demand for platinum is broadening to the minor platinum group metals (PGMs) such as ruthenium and iridium, SFA (Oxford) CEO Henk de Hoop pointed out on Wednesday June 3. Questioned by Mining Weekly on the prospect of platinum investment demand remaining strong, De Hoop noted that up to half of some of the ruthenium imports into China had been for investment purposes rather than industrial demand.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>PLATINUM GROUP METALS</category>
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            <title>Trump signs proclamation amending tariffs on steel, aluminum and copper imports</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[US President Donald Trump on Monday signed a proclamation amending his Section 232 national security tariffs on some aluminum, steeland copper imports, the White House said.

The proclamation lowers tariffs on some steel and aluminum derivative products, including certain types of agricultural machinery and residential heating, air conditioning and ventilation equipment to 15% from 25% previously.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <title>Rio Tinto commissions low-carbon aluminium smelter expansion in Québec</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/rio-tinto-commissions-low-carbon-aluminium-smelter-expansion-in-qubec-2026-06-01</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Global metals miner Rio Tinto has successfully commissioned its $1.5-billion AP60 smelter expansion at the Complexe Arvida operation, in Québec, marking a major milestone for the deployment of low-carbon aluminium smelting technology. The startup, which began in March, is expected to be completed by the end of 2026 with all 96 new pots operating. This will increase the plant’s production capacity by about 160 000 t/y of primary aluminium for a total of 220 000 t/y produced with the AP60 technology.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Cadastre must be rolled out ‘effectively, rapidly, transparently’ – Minerals Council</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/cadastre-must-be-rolled-out-effectively-rapidly-transparently-minerals-council-2026-05-28</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The mining cadastre under development by South Africa’s Department of Minerals and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) must be rolled out “effectively, rapidly and transparently”. That was the emphatic response of Minerals Council South Africa president Paul Dunne to Mining Weekly during question time at this week’s 136th AGM of Minerals Council South Africa, which represents more than 90% of annual mineral sales for South Africa’s 470 000-employee mining industry, which in 2025 contributed R477-billion to GDP, exported R816-billion worth of minerals, and generated R124-billion in taxes for the fiscus.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>MINERALS COUNCIL SOUTH AFRICA</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 15:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Mining can unlock growth, skills, job creation, Minerals Council AGM hears</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/mining-can-unlock-growth-skills-job-creation-minerals-council-agm-hears-2026-05-27</link>
            <description><![CDATA[With disciplined policy reform, modernisation and partnerships, mining can elevate South Africa’s economic development, industrial capability and social progress. “We can unlock growth, skills and job creation, restore competitiveness, and secure a sustainable future for our industry and our country and demonstrate why mining matters,” Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane emphasised at the 136th AGM of Minerals Council South Africa on Wednesday, May 27.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>MINERALS COUNCIL SOUTH AFRICA</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 16:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Urgent need for one-stop mineral rights shop, Minerals Council points out</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/urgent-need-for-one-stop-mineral-rights-shop-minerals-council-points-out-2026-05-27</link>
            <description><![CDATA[There is an urgent need for a one-stop shop for mineral right applications to coordinate and align all relevant regulations from other departments, to streamline and expedite approval processes. This was pointed out explicitly at the 136th AGM of Minerals Council South Africa on Wednesday, May 27.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>MINERALS COUNCIL SOUTH AFRICA</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 15:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Warning lights flash as aluminium reels from Gulf shock</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/warning-lights-flash-as-aluminium-reels-from-gulf-shock-2026-05-25</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Iran war is shaping up to be one of the biggest supply shocks in the history of the aluminium market.

Gulf production of the metal, which is used across sectors as diverse as transport, packaging and solar panels, has plummeted to its lowest level in over a decade in April, according to the International Aluminium Institute (IAI).]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 08:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Chalco agrees to build alumina plant in Guinea for $1bn</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/chalco-agrees-to-build-alumina-plant-in-guinea-for-1bn-2026-05-22</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Aluminum Corp of China, the country’s largest State-owned producer of the lightweight metal, has agreed to invest $1-billion in an alumina plant in Guinea to tap local bauxite resources. Chalco, as the Beijing-based company is known, will set up an entity to develop an 1.2-million-ton-a-year plant in the African country, it said in a filing. The government will get a 5% stake for free or at nominal cost, and be allowed to enlarge that holding at market value to as much as 35%.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 10:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>China's aluminium output surge tests capacity and demand limits</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/chinas-aluminium-output-surge-tests-capacity-and-demand-limits-2026-05-19</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Chinese aluminum smelters are running hot and are starting to test both capacity constraints and limitations on demand.

Daily output in the world’s biggest producer hit an all-time high of 129 000 t last month, propelled by record margins and a global shortage of the metal caused by the war in Iran. Investment banker Citigroup expects prices to rally further as the market contends with its biggest supply shock in 50 years.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <title>Cementation Africa transitions ownership amid rise in mining investment</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/cementation-africa-transitions-ownership-amid-rise-in-mining-investment-2026-05-14</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The ownership transition of Cementation Africa is enabling this underground mining contracting business to advance at a time of capital investment uptick in mining. Transitioning outside of the Murray & Roberts group and beyond the business rescue process of Murray & Roberts Limited has given Cementation Africa the opportunity to shake off negative connotations and to re-establish itself as an underground contract miner.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>UNDERGROUND MINING</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 09:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Copper climbs toward record high as global supply tightens</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Copper extended gains above $14 000/t, inching toward a record high seen earlier this year, as supply risks mount on mine disruptions around the world. The red metal rallied for an eighth session to touch $14 196.50/t on the London Metal Exchange, close to an all-time high of $14 527.50 in January.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
            <category>COPPER</category>
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        <editor>  Bloomberg</editor>
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            <title>EGA sticks to aluminium investment plans despite Iran war</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[LONDON – Emirates Global Aluminium is sticking with its investment plans to increase production and recycling of the metal despite the Iran war, the company's chief marketing officer said on Tuesday. EGA, the largest aluminium producer in the Gulf, was forced to shut down its Al Taweelah smelter in the United Arab Emirates after an Iranian attack in late March. Overseas, it is planning to build the first new primary aluminium smelter in the United States in almost 50 years alongside Century Aluminum.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
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