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        <description><![CDATA[An overview of aluminium and cobalt will also be incorporated, the prices and current and future market for these metals, as well as new products and technologies being used to extract and process base metals]]></description>
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            <title>Greater regulatory scrutiny no bar to mining mergers, bosses say</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mining bosses say that regulatory scrutiny of major mergers is increasing as governments pay closer attention to critical minerals and security of supply in the face of a volatile geopolitical backdrop, but they do not see the shift as a fundamental barrier to dealmaking. Executives at Glencore, Anglo American and Rio Tinto said after half-year results in July and August that antitrust reviews and national interest were becoming more prominent factors when assessing potential transactions, particularly where copper and other critical minerals are involved.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Aluminium giant Rusal swings to first-half profit on higher commodity prices</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Russian aluminium giant Rusal swung to a first-half adjusted net profit on Wednesday, driven by higher aluminium prices linked to heightened global volatility.

The world's largest aluminium producer outside China, posted adjusted net profit of $196-million for the six-month period ended June 30, a sharp turnaround from a loss of $194-million a year earlier. Revenue increased 10.9% to $8.34 billion.]]></description>
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            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
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            <title>Canadian Minister says Canada, US far apart on draft trade deal, source says</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Canada and the US are still far from reaching a draft trade deal despite regular meetings, Dominic LeBlanc, the Canadian Minister responsible for trade with the US, told an advisory committee on Friday, according to a source directly briefed on the matter.

LeBlanc is in Washington with his chief trade negotiator and a team of officials for discussions as the August 19 deadline approaches for the start of US President Donald Trump's new 50% tariffs.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:37:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Trump supporters imperil $4bn aluminium plant central to his industrial push</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A cow wearing a gas mask is the first sign something may be amiss in Inola, Oklahoma.

“Protect Our Farms. #StopTheInolaSmelter,” reads the text below the image, splashed across a billboard towering over one of the main highways to this prairie town with a population of 1 890 people. The smelter in question: a $4-billion aluminium processing plant touted by President Donald Trump as part of his push to revive the industry in the US.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>BMI expects metals complex performance to remain strong </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The metals complex has remained well-supported so far this month, extending the upward momentum from late June, BMI, a Fitch Solutions company, points out. It explains that this is underpinned by a weaker dollar, receding rate hike expectations and improved risk appetite triggered by the reportedly imminent reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, alongside mounting supply tightness concerns, with the Bloomberg Industrial Metals Index having risen by 10.6% in the year-to-date and 2.4% month-to-date up to August 12. ]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
            <category>METALS</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Norsk Hydro's Alunorte ramps up production after deal with gas supplier</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Norsk Hydro's Alunorte refinery in Brazil has started ramping up alumina production to full capacity after reaching a temporary agreement with its gas supplier, the Norwegian company said on Thursday.

The refinery, located in Brazil's northern state of Para, had reduced output to 50% of capacity earlier this week after gas supplier CELBA informed about disruptions in availability. It has the capacity to produce 6.3-million tons of alumina a year.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>ALUMNIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>STG buys large amount of aluminium from Radiant World, sources say</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[STG, a trading company funded by principals of the US hedge fund Squarepoint, has bought a large amount of aluminium from Radiant World as the commodity trading house sells off inventory to raise cash, two industry sources said.

Asked about the transaction, Radiant said it did not comment on commercial matters. Squarepoint declined to comment.]]></description>
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            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Aluminium on thin ice as LME stocks hit 36-year low, Reuters says</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ London Metal Exchange (LME) stocks of aluminium have slumped to their lowest level since 1990, attesting to the supply-chain dislocation caused by the Iran war.

Gulf production of primary aluminium has collapsed by two-million tons a year since the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Australia commits $1.76 billion to keep Rio Tinto aluminium smelter open</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/australia-commits-176-billion-to-keep-rio-tinto-aluminium-smelter-open-2026-08-13</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Australia on Thursday said it would provide A$2.5-billion ($1.76-billion) to help keep global miner Rio Tinto's Tomago aluminium smelter, the country's largest power user, open beyond 2028, as it transitions to renewable generation.

The deal would support 3 GW of new generation for the smelter, with the financial package to be jointly funded by the federal and New South Wales state governments, a government statement said.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>EGA's Al Taweelah aluminium smelter running at 18%, expects full return in early 2027</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) said on Wednesday its Al Taweelah smelter was operating at 18% of capacity and is expected to return to prior output levels in early 2027.

An Iranian strike in March on the 1.5-million metric ton a year plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the largest smelter in the Middle East, led to an emergency shutdown and sent aluminium prices towards four-year highs.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Rio Tinto aluminium smelter to get Australian gov bailout</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The owners of Australia’s biggest aluminum smelter, including Rio Tinto Group, are set to receive a government bailout to keep the plant operating as it grapples with high energy costs, according to people familiar with the matter.

After lengthy talks, majority owner Rio and its partners at the Tomago smelter in New South Wales will get financial support from both the federal and State governments, said the people, who asked not to be named because the discussions were private.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Considerable room to increase mining’s innovation intensity, survey finds</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The results of a study on the modernisation of South African mining indicate that there is considerable room to increase innovation participation and intensity across the firms surveyed. The finding was communicated at South Africa’s Mining Modernisation Showcase, where a strong partnership was visible between Minerals Council South Africa, the Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS), the Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators’ specialised research unit within South Africa's Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC-CeSTII), PwC Smart Mining, the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation, and the National Advisory Council on Innovation. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>MINE MODERNISATION</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Rio Tinto signals no rush to revive Glencore deal as standstill ends</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A freeze on Rio Tinto approaching Glencore for a takeover expires this week, but people who have been briefed by top executives don't expect any fresh tie-up talks for now as CEO Simon Trott focuses on cost cuts and asset sales. Trott launched a simplification strategy to collapse Rio Tinto into three core businesses and concentrate on its most profitable assets after he took the top job at the world's second-biggest listed miner a year ago.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Indian miner Vedanta names Arun Misra as CEO, Q1 profit jumps</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/indian-miner-vedanta-names-arun-misra-as-ceo-q1-profit-jumps-2026-07-30</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Indian metals-to-oil conglomerate Vedanta on Thursday named Arun Misra as its CEO for a one-year term starting August 1, while also reporting a 72% jump in first-quarter profit. Misra currently heads Vedanta's subsidiary Hindustan Zinc HZNC.NS and will step down to assume the new role.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>DIVERSIFIED MINERS</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Greece's METLEN agrees to supply US company with gallium</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/greeces-metlen-agrees-to-supply-us-company-with-gallium-2026-07-29</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Greek aluminum producer METLEN Energy & Metals said on Wednesday that it signed a long-term agreement to supply a US technology company with the critical mineral gallium.

METLEN did not disclose the name of the US company or the value of the deal but said it will absorb 25% of its annual production.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>CRITICAL MINERALS</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:13:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Rio Tinto posts highest H1 earnings in four years as data centre boom boosts copper</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Global diversified miner Rio Tinto posted its highest half-year underlying earnings in four years on Wednesday as performance from its copper and aluminium units tied to energy demand outshone profits from mainstay iron-ore for the first time.

The world's largest iron-ore miner is now deriving around 56% of its profit from copper and aluminium combined, boosted by electrification and AI megatrends as CEO Simon Trott executes on a simpler and sharper strategy in his first year in the job.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>AI can help fill South Africa’s cadastre with deposits, mine modernising event hears</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Instead of relying primarily on traditional geological interpretation, South Africa can turn to AI for help in the same way as has been done with huge success to discover Zambia’s biggest copper deposit in a 100 years, South Africa’s Mining Modernisation Showcase attendees heard. To achieve this success, KoBold Metals digitised 300 years of handwritten geology reports, taught geology to AI, used AI models to analyse the vast amounts of geological, geophysical, drilling and historical exploration data to predict where high-grade mineralisation was most likely to occur, and then drilled a hole.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>MINE MODERNISATION</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[Aluminium stocks on the London Metal Exchange have slumped to their lowest this century as supply constraints in the war-hit Middle East leave consumers drawing down inventories to secure metal. Data from the bourse showed total aluminium stocks in LME warehouses had dropped to 271 275 metric tons on July 24. That is the lowest total in records going back to January 1998 and equivalent to less than a day's worth of global aluminium consumption.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The future of modernisation in South African mining will not be forged by individual companies or institutions working in isolation but collectively by industry leaders, researchers, government partners, and innovators from across South Africa's mining community, who gathered on Thursday, July 23, for this shared purpose. “The modernisation of our mining industry is not a task any single organisation can undertake alone,” Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane emphasised at the council's upbeat Modernisation Showcase event undertaken in partnership with the Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS), the Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators' research unit within South Africa's Human Sciences Research (HSRC-CeSTII) Council, PwC's Smart Mining, the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation, and the National Advisory Council on Innovation. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)]]></description>
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            <title>Brazil to provide $3.7bn in credit for firms hit by US tariffs</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Brazilian government announced 18.5-billion reais ($3.66-billion) in financing for companies hit by the new US tariffs valid as of Wednesday, adding the resources will also target firms hurt by international conflicts.

In a statement, the administration of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said 13.5-billion reais in credit will come from the Treasury, while State-run development bank BNDES will provide the remaining 5-billion reais.]]></description>
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            <title>Competition for water resources a risk to the global energy transition, warns ICMM</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mining and metals advocacy group the ICMM warns that water availability could, in many regions, act as a constraint on the development of new mines and related facilities, particularly for the production of metals and minerals, such as platinum group metals, chromium, manganese, aluminium and steel, that are key to the energy transition. In its 'Global Mining and Metals Water Dataset' report, published on July 22, the ICMM states that competition for finite water resources is not a future concern, but a present operational reality and a structural constraint on the expansion of the mining and metals sector, as well as the pace of the energy transition itself.]]></description>
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            <title>Cymat reaches official commercial agreement with Rio Tinto to take over aluminium composites ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ontario-based materials company Cymat Technologies has signed a commercial agreement with aluminium major Rio Tinto Alcan to facilitate the transfer of Rio Tinto's commercial customers of their proprietary aluminium metal matrix composites (MMC) business to Cymat. MMC is a ceramic particle-infused aluminium used primarily in the automotive and rail industries for lightweight components requiring extreme wear resistance.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <title>Norsk Hydro tops Q2 profit view as higher prices offset Qatar hit</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro reported a quarterly core profit above market expectations on Wednesday, as higher aluminium prices and stronger recycling margins outweighed weaker energy output and adverse currency effects.

Hydro benefited from elevated aluminium prices and regional premiums caused by Middle East supply disruptions during the second quarter, although reduced output at its Qatalum joint venture limited the windfall.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Rio Tinto signs five-year bio pellet deal with SuperChar to cut alumina refinery emissions</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Rio Tinto said on Wednesday it had signed a five-year deal with Australian bioenergy firm SuperChar to supply bio pellets to the miner's alumina refineries in Gladstone, supporting its shift toward cleaner energy sources.

Rio Tinto's 2025 gross Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions were 31.5-million tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent according to the annual report.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Metal producer Century Aluminum welcomes Trump's aluminium import incentive</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nasdaq-listed aluminium producer Century Aluminum Company has welcomed President Donald Trump’s latest executive order to incentivize investments that "make American manufacturing great again". Signed on July 21, Trump's executive order allows approved companies investing in new primary aluminium production in the US to import a commensurate amount of primary aluminium at a reduced tariff rate. The new tariff rate for such companies will now be half the otherwise applicable rate for such imports.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
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            <title>Trump says he signed proclamation to adjust tariffs on aluminum imports</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump said on Monday he signed a proclamation to adjust tariffs on imports of aluminum into the US, adding the domestic production of primary aluminum in the US was currently insufficient.

"In the (Commerce) Secretary's view, it is important to modify the aluminum tariff regime in a way to more effectively encourage increased domestic production of primary aluminum," Trump said in the proclamation released by the White House.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Bauxite and aluminium producer Alcoa Corporation said on Tuesday it has reached a final investment decision to set up a gallium plant at its Wagerup alumina refinery in Western Australia, with backing from the Australian, Japanese and US governments and industry partners.

The US and Australian governments had said in October they would support Alcoa's expansion plans in the region, a few months after the company signed a joint development agreement with a venture between the Japanese government and Sojitz Corporation.]]></description>
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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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            <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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            <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>
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