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        <description><![CDATA[The latest mining world news and project information from Asia. Developments in mining legislation, policies, investments and infrastructure are also highlighted as well as updates on the progress of future, new and existing projects]]></description>
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            <title>Gold ETFs could see fresh outflows on rising bets on Fed monetary tightening</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Bullion-backed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) could face renewed outflows if investors continue to increase their bets on interest rate hikes, analysts say — a factor that could pull already falling gold prices lower.

Spot gold prices slipped below a key psychological level of $4 00/oz level for the first time since November 2025 on Wednesday, under pressure from a firmer US dollar and growing expectations that interest rates will remain elevated.]]></description>
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            <category>GOLD</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Lithium producers bet on battery storage as demand shifts beyond EVs</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The lithium industry is growing more optimistic about a market recovery as booming demand for battery storage systems helps offset a slowdown in some electric vehicle (EV) markets, leading producers told an industry conference this week.

While EVs have been the main driver of lithium demand for years, regulatory changes in the US and elsewhere have cooled sales in some key markets. That slowdown coincided with industry overproduction, pushing lithium prices sharply lower.]]></description>
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            <category>LITHIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Indonesia has not yet set full-year 2026 nickel quota, ministry says</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Indonesia has not decided its nickel production quota for the entirety of 2026, the country's mining ministry said on Thursday, amid speculation that the quota would be increased.

The government aims to ensure that ore production is in line with downstream demand, the ministry said, adding that all requests for quota revisions must go through a review process.]]></description>
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            <category>NICKEL</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Australia's Nickel Industries secures more exposure key EV battery feedstock</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed Nickel Industries has taken another significant step in its strategy to expand its exposure to the electric vehicle (EV) battery supply chain, agreeing to invest $169-million for a 17.5% interest in the PT Teluk Metal Industry (TMI) High-Pressure Acid Leaching (HPAL) project in Indonesia.

TMI is being developed as an expansion to the company's Excelsior nickel/cobalt project within the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park and will produce mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP) - a key feedstock for electric vehicle batteries.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>NICKEL</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>China's foreign minister calls on BRICS to strengthen strategic minerals cooperation</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday called on BRICS countries to jointly respond to global challenges from Ebola to AI, and strengthen cooperation on strategic mineral resources, according to a statement from his ministry.

Wang told a meeting in India that BRICS countries should respond to global energy and food security challenges and unite to respond to the Ebola epidemic in Africa.]]></description>
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            <category>CRITICAL MINERALS</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Petronas reports new major gas find at Suriname offshore block</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Malaysia's State-controlled energy producer Petronas has made another gas discovery at offshore Block 52 in Suriname, the South American country's President Jennifer Simons said on Tuesday, while a company executive said the block's eight discoveries contain more than one-billion barrels of oil equivalent.

Suriname is seeking to follow neighbouring Guyana's transformation into a major oil producer through offshore developments led by international energy companies.]]></description>
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            <category>OIL &amp; GAS</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>India nears 50% domestic coal use in import-based power plants, sources say</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/india-nears-50-domestic-coal-use-in-import-based-power-plants-sources-say-2026-06-24</link>
            <description><![CDATA[India is increasing the use of domestic fuel to more than 50% at power plants designed to run on imported coal, as the world's second-largest thermal coal importer seeks to curb costly overseas purchases, government and industry officials said.

The South Asian nation is already using domestic coal for operating 5.7 GW capacity so far this year of the total 18.7 GW capacity at imported coal-based power plants, they said.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>COAL</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>China's coal power on the rise again in 2026, reversing first-in-a-decade decline</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[China's coal-fired power generation is set to rebound this year from its first fall in a decade, analysts said, due to the impact of El Nino and the Iran war and as renewable sources of energy have failed to keep pace with demand.

The world's biggest power consumer increased its usage of thermal power by 3.4% year-on-year in the first five months of the year to 2.53 trillion kilowatt-hours (kWh), statistics bureau data showed last week. Thermal power is mostly from coal with a small amount from gas.]]></description>
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            <category>COAL</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Businesses adapt as diamond industry evolves</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/businesses-adapt-as-diamond-industry-evolves-2026-06-23</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As the natural diamond industry continues to navigate a challenging period, businesses across the pipeline are adapting to changing market conditions, evolving consumer behaviour and ongoing economic uncertainty, World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) president Yoram Dvash notes in a newsletter. While these realities require continued attention, he says there are increasing signs that the foundations for a stronger and more positive future are being built.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
            <category>DIAMONDS</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <editor>Chanel de Bruyn</editor>
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            <title>Australia's Ioneer ties up with two South Korean firms for Nevada lithium project</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/australias-ioneer-ties-up-with-two-south-korean-firms-for-nevada-lithium-project-2026-06-23</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Australian lithium miner Ioneer said on Tuesday it has tied up with Korea Overseas Infrastructure & Urban Development and Hyundai Engineering to support the development of its Rhyolite Ridge project in Nevada.

Shares of Ioneer rose 12.5% to A$0.158, their highest since May 15, while the broader benchmark index was up 0.3%, as of 00:04 GMT.]]></description>
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            <category>LITHIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Iron-ore nears four-month low on prospects of rising supply, tepid demand</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/iron-ore-nears-four-month-low-on-prospects-of-rising-supply-tepid-demand-2026-06-23</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Iron-ore prices extended declines on Tuesday to hit a nearly four-month low, weighed down by prospects of rising shipments from major suppliers in the run-up to the end of the second quarter and seasonally sagging steel demand.

By 03:00 GMT, the most-traded iron-ore contract on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) fell 0.74% to 737 yuan ($108.81) a ton, after touching its weakest since February 24 at 736 yuan earlier in the session.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>IRON-ORE</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>India pivots to Russian crude and coal to mitigate Iran war fallout</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/india-pivots-to-russian-crude-and-coal-to-mitigate-iran-war-fallout-2026-06-23</link>
            <description><![CDATA[India has swung to buying Russian crude oil and coal to bolster its energy supplies after flows were disrupted and prices rose during the Iran conflict.

The world's third-largest oil importer is expected to see arrivals of Russian crude surge to a record high of 2.55-million barrels per day (bpd) in June, according to data compiled by commodity analysts Kpler.]]></description>
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            <category>COAL</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Orion CMC in advanced discussions for three Asian partnerships</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/orion-cmc-in-advanced-discussions-for-three-asian-partnerships-2026-06-23</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Orion Critical Mineral Consortium (Orion CMC), a minerals investment group backed by the US government, is in advanced discussions to establish three new public-private partnerships in Asia as it seeks to fund a $20-billion global pipeline of opportunities, executives told Reuters.

The consortium plans to form a third regional leg of investment to add to $1.8-billion raised by the group last year to bolster Western access to copper, lithium, rare earths and other critical minerals.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>CRITICAL MINERALS</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Fortescue says China president Liu Qing leaves after four months</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/fortescue-says-china-president-liu-qing-leaves-after-four-months-2026-06-23</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Fortescue's president of China resigned earlier this month, just four months after taking over the position, the company confirmed on Tuesday.

His departure comes as the world's fourth-largest iron-ore supplier is in talks with China's State iron-ore buyer on a new one-year term contract.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>IRON-ORE</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>South Africa’s Deputy President in hydrogen fuel cell working visit to China</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/south-africas-deputy-president-in-hydrogen-fuel-cell-working-visit-to-china-2026-06-22</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As part of a working visit to China, South Africa’s Deputy President Paul Mashatile has met with a key industry organisation that promotes the development and adoption of hydrogen energy and fuel cell technologies. #GovZAUpdates reports that the working meeting provided an important opportunity to advance technology transfer, build local manufacturing capabilities and support skills development in South Africa. ]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>PLATINUM GROUP METALS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>EU courts Brazil as strategic partner in global race for critical minerals</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The EU is turning to Brazil as a strategic partner in its push to diversify its critical mineral supplies, offering a deal that it says will be beneficial to Brazil's development goals, EU Commissioner for International Partnerships Jozef Sikela told Reuters on Saturday.

The commissioner visited the rare earth research and processing center of Australian mining company Viridis Mining and Minerals, in Poços de Caldas, in the southeastern State of Minas Gerais, one of four priority projects selected to accelerate collaboration between the EU and Brazil.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>CRITICAL MINERALS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:08:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Kazera, Hebei reach settlement in Namibia tantalum arbitration matter</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/kazera-hebei-reach-settlement-in-namibia-tantalum-arbitration-matter-2026-06-22</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Aim-listed Kazera Global has executed a definitive settlement agreement with Hebei Xinjian Construction in respect of a previously announced arbitration award concerning African Tantalum (Aftan), the company’s former tantalum and lithium mining business in Namibia. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, Hebei is required to make an initial $500 000 cash payment to Kazera, following which the settlement agreement will become effective in accordance with its terms.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
            <category>MINERAL SANDS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <editor>Chanel de Bruyn</editor>
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            <title>Anglo Asian contracts Worley Europe for two copper feasibility studies in Azerbaijan</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Aim-listed gold, copper and silver producer Anglo Asian Mining has appointed Worley Europe as its contractor to complete the Xarxar and Garadag feasibility studies, in Azerbaijan.

The feasibility studies will assess the options for copper heap leach processing and solvent extraction-electrowinning for the projects. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>COPPER</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Fortescue accelerates zero-emission iron-ore shipping </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Iron-ore major Fortescue and maritime group CMB Tech have signed an agreement for the charter of up to 12 ammonia-capable vessels, which marks a big step towards decarbonising Fortescue's global shipping operations and advancing ammonia as a shipping fuel in general.

Under the agreement, Fortescue will charter a fleet of 12 Newcastlemax dry bulk vessels from Bicomar, CMB's dry bulk shipping operator. Each vessel carries about 210 000 t of material. ]]></description>
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            <title>China places two US rare earths producers on export control list</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[China has imposed export controls on two US rare earth producers that are part of Washington’s effort to establish alternative supply chains for minerals critical to advanced manufacturing and defense.

MP Materials Corporation and USA Rare Earth have been added to China’s export control list, the Commerce Ministry said in a statement Monday.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
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            <title>Vale board resists shareholder Previ’s bid to oust chairperson</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Boardmembers of Vale, the world’s top iron-ore producer, voted against a proposal by one of the company’s largest shareholders to remove Daniel André Stieler as chairperson, according to people familiar with the matter.

While the proposal will still go to a shareholder vote, the board decision could influence the recommendations of proxy advisory firms and institutional investors who will participate in the process. The chairperson’s mandate is set to expire in April 2027 if he’s not removed early.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
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            <title>China coking coal prices extend loss on prospects of rising supply</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[China's coking coal futures prices extended their decline on Monday, weighed down by prospects of rising supply amid continued production resumption after a deadly mine accident in coal-rich Shanxi and growing imports.

The most-traded coking coal contract on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) slipped 1.93% to 1 268.5 yuan ($187.32) per metric ton by 03:30 GMT.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>COAL </category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Steel industry sounds alarm over slow progress on green steel</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Delays to green steel projects are growing and government support is far short of what is needed, jeopardising the industry's drive to cut emissions, steel associations warned at an annual meeting in Singapore this week. About half of the world's planned green steel projects have already been delayed, while governments have committed just $20-billion of the $1.5-trillion needed to decarbonise the sector, according to the World Steel Association.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>STEEL</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Oil falls as supply starts moving through Strait of Hormuz</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Oil prices fell on Friday on the prospect of more supply returning to the market after oil tankers began to move through the Strait of Hormuz following the signing of the US-Iran interim peace deal.

Brent crude futures fell 54 cents, or 0.68%, to $78.31 a barrel as of 01:46 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate crude slipped 46 cents, or 0.60%, to $76.14 a barrel. ]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>OIL &amp; GAS</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Ganfeng and Lithium Argentina seek a third investor for lithium project</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/ganfeng-and-lithium-argentina-seek-a-third-investor-for-lithium-project-2026-06-19</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Chinese miner Ganfeng Lithium and its Swiss partner Lithium Argentina are seeking a third investor for the Pozuelos-Pastos Grandes lithium project in northern Argentina, the president of Lithium Argentina told Reuters on Thursday.

Argentina, Chile and Bolivia are part of the so-called "Lithium Triangle," which concentrates the largest global reserves of the white metal used in electric vehicles and batteries. There are six lithium projects in operation in Argentina, the world's fourth largest lithium exporter.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>LITHIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>China's coking coal imports set to rise as Shanxi mine disaster hits supply, traders say</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/chinas-coking-coal-imports-set-to-rise-as-shanxi-mine-disaster-hits-supply-traders-say-2026-06-19</link>
            <description><![CDATA[China's imports of coking coal, a steelmaking ingredient, are set to rise further this year after a fatal mine accident reduced domestic supply, traders said.

Chinese importers have turned to producers such as Canada and Australia for delivery in June and July after 155 coal mines in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi, its largest coal producer, were shut for safety checks following the accident in late May. The closures had sent local coking coal prices soaring.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>COAL</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:59:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Coal-rich Mongolia aims to boost China trade ties despite dependence risk</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/coal-rich-mongolia-aims-to-boost-china-trade-ties-despite-dependence-risk-2026-06-19</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Mongolia hopes to boost trade by more than a tenth this year with China, the biggest destination for its exports of coal and minerals, setting a target that will further boost economic dependence on its giant neighbour.

Two-way trade is expected to reach $20-billion this year, President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh told Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Ulaanbaatar, the capital, over the weekend, on the latter's first visit in nearly four years.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>COAL</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>China exchange to open lithium futures to overseas traders from July 3</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[China's Guangzhou Futures Exchange said on Thursday that its lithium carbonate futures and options would be opened to overseas traders from July 3.

The opening up of the lithium contract, which was only launched domestically in July 2023, would follow the internationalisation of China's main futures for another battery metal, nickel, on the Shanghai Futures Exchange in April.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>LITHIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>China defends critical minerals export controls after G7 statement</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[BEIJING - China defended its export control measures on critical mineral supplies and urged the Group of Seven nations to respect market economy principles and international trading rules rather favouring "small cliques", its foreign ministry said on Thursday.

The remarks followed an agreement by G7 leaders on Wednesday to step up coordination to cut their countries' reliance on China for critical minerals and including plans to align stockpiling and expand the role of the International Energy Agency.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Iron-ore industry sees a bright future, but green steel fades - Reuters </title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/iron-ore-industry-sees-a-bright-future-but-green-steel-fades---reuters-2026-06-18</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The most persistently bullish part of the commodities sector in recent years has been metals associated with the energy transition, such as copper, lithium and rare earth elements.

Iron-ore miners want their product to be added to the list.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>IRON-ORE</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Middle Eastern crude oil markets could come under further pressure if the Strait of Hormuz reopens on Friday following the US-Iran interim deal, releasing-millions of barrels of oil stranded in the Middle East Gulf into global markets, industry executives said. The wave of supply comes after Gulf producers ramped up exports via ship-to-ship transfers off the United Arab Emirates and Oman this month, which depressed spot differentials for Middle East crude to discounts on Tuesday.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Despite metal price and import tariff headwinds, platinum jewellery delivered growth across all markets in 2025, generating the highest demand level since 2019. South Africa is the world's largest producer  of platinum, consistently supplying 70% to 80 of total annual output.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[China's top copper producers are seeking to add new members to an industry price-setting group, four sources with knowledge of the matter said, in a bid to strengthen their position in negotiations with miners over raw material supply.

The China Smelters Purchase Team (CSPT), a group of 16 major producers that traditionally sets floor prices for spot copper concentrate processing deals, invited at least six prospective new members to attend its quarterly meeting in Yantai in Shandong province on Wednesday, a fifth source said.]]></description>
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