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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>Mounting Chinese rare earth pressures force Japan to strengthen partnership with Western ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Market research company BMI has highlighted the market pressures that Japanese and other Western industry players are facing as a result of China’s dominance of rare earth supply, particularly through the shipment of yttrium. The company says China’s latest selective tightening of rare earth exports has revealed the structural dependence of import-reliant countries such as Japan on Chinese supply chains. This is particularly notable given that the deadline for the current rare earth trade truce is approaching.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <title>Boroo plans extensive rehabilitation before restarting newly acquired Eagle mine in Yukon </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Singapore-based mining and investment company Boroo has announced it will invest more than $1.5-billion in the Yukon-based Eagle gold mine, which it is acquiring through the takeover of Canadian exploration company Victoria Gold Corporation.

Boroo entered into a subscription agreement with PricewaterhouseCoopers as the court-appointed receiver and manager of Victoria. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <title>Nickel Industries says Indonesia cuts coming as Chinese producers weigh steep reductions</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Australia-listed Nickel Industries says nickel producers in the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP), a key production base for the metal, will coordinate on output cuts as Chinese operators weigh steep reductions.

"There will be coordinated cuts across all of the operations within the IMIP," MD Justin Werner told analysts on an earnings call, without giving a percentage. "Certainly what we're seeing is the non-integrated producers ... are the ones that are going to suffer the hardest here."]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>NICKEL</category>
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            <title>GM cancels deal with new US rare-earth magnet plant, documents say</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[General Motors, the biggest customer of a US factory making rare earth magnets for electric vehicles, cancelled its long-term supply deal with the manufacturer, and the two sides are in arbitration, according to regulatory documents and a person with knowledge of the situation.

The move spotlights the challenges Western firms face in building domestic rare-earths output and cutting their reliance on China, which produces about 90% of global permanent magnets.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>RARE EARTHS</category>
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            <title>At least $100bn of investment for 134 new lithium mines is needed for 2050 demand</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To meet 2050 lithium demand, the equivalent of 134 new lithium mines will be needed, says supply chain researcher Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. This equates to a new mine every two months for the next 24 years, explains Benchmark Mineral Intelligence lithium product director Dr Cameron Perks.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>LITHIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Steel trader Luda Technology Group branches out to coal as first point of diversification</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[NYSE-listed industrial steel components trader Luda Technology Group has announced its entry into the Mongolia-China coal trading business. Starting with thermal coal, Luda is expanding its stainless steel manufacturing and trading operations to trade more commodities such as fluorspar, tungsten, iron-ore, rare earths and copper.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>COAL</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>North America to drive growth in antimony market </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[With China's suspension of its ban on antimony exports to the US scheduled to expire on November 27, buyers and manufacturers face an important decision point for supply planning, sourcing strategies and price risk management, says research and consulting company Polaris Market Research.  Polaris estimates the global antimony market was worth $1.12-billion in 2025 but is poised to reach $1.85-billion by 2034, marking a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.7%.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>CRITICAL MINERALS</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Malaysia allows first export of rare rare earths under new rules</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Malaysia has given the go-ahead for a batch of unprocessed rare earths to be exported, the first approval under a new framework designed to permit testing and potentially encourage investments in local capacity.

A single export application for research and development purposes has been permitted by the Department of Mineral and Geoscience Malaysia, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability said in response to a Bloomberg query. It did not identify the applicant or provide details.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
            <category>RARE EARTHS</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Fortescue warns of possible operations hit as China State buyer talks rumble on</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Australia's Fortescue warned on Thursday its operations could be hit if talks with China's State-backed buyer did not conclude by year-end, as the world's fourth-largest iron-ore miner released results that showed sales lagging shipments.

Fortescue has been locked in negotiations with China Mineral Resources Group (CMRG) this year, as the Chinese buyers seeks to lever China's size to secure better terms for its steelmakers, which have faced thin margins and weak domestic demand.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>IRON-ORE</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>China's State iron-ore buyer agrees new annual supply contract with Rio Tinto, sources say</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[China's State iron-ore buyer has agreed a new supply deal for the key steelmaking ingredient with Rio Tinto, people with knowledge of the matter said.

China Mineral Resources Group (CMRG) verbally notified some steel mills of the agreement on Wednesday without giving further details, they said.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Canada, Türkiye set to sign pledge during Carney visit to deepen defence, energy ties, source says</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/canada-turkey-set-to-sign-pledge-during-carney-visit-to-deepen-defence-energy-ties-source-says-2026-10-21</link>
            <description><![CDATA[NATO allies Canada and Türkiye are expected to sign a joint declaration aimed at deepening bilateral cooperation in four areas, including defence and energy, during Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit later this week, a person briefed on the matter said.

The declaration is also expected to encompass the economy, looking to advance free trade talks between the countries, while boosting social and diplomatic ties. The countries would establish committees in all of the areas to draft action plans, the person said.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Half of India's coal plants run critically low on fuel as power demand surges</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Half of India's 191 coal-fired power plants are operating with critically low fuel stocks owig to a surge in power demand amid hotter-than-usual weather linked to El Niño, government data showed.

The number of power plants with critically low coal stocks — which only have enough fuel supply to generate power for less than three days — rose to 96 as of October 19 from 60 plants in mid-September, data from the Central Electricity Authority showed. ]]></description>
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            <category>COAL</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Mitsubishi Corp approves Arizona copper mining project, lifts investment</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/mitsubishi-corp-approves-arizona-copper-mining-project-lifts-investment-2026-10-21</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation approved the construction of a copper mining project in Arizona, jointly with Canada's Hudbay Minerals, the company said on Wednesday.

Mitsubishi will make an additional equity contribution of $423-million toward the Copper World project's initial development, the company said.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>COPPER</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Sulphuric acid prices due to extend decline in 2027, CRU says</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/sulphuric-acid-prices-due-to-extend-decline-in-2027-cru-says-2026-10-20</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Prices of sulphuric acid used to process metals such as copper and nickel are expected to extend their decline next year, consultancy CRU said on Tuesday. Sulphuric acid delivered to top copper producer Chile is forecast to fall to $215 a metric ton in the fourth quarter of 2027 from a record of $451 earlier this year, CRU said]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>MINING INPUTS</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Gold Dealer Assurance Programme designed to boost trust in global retail gold market</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/gold-dealer-assurance-programme-designed-to-boost-trust-in-global-retail-gold-market-2026-10-20</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The British Standards Institution (BSI) has launched the Gold Dealer Assurance Programme (GDAP) as an independently operated global programme designed to strengthen trust and transparency in the retail gold market. The programme aims to enable gold dealers and wholesalers to demonstrate their commitment to high standards of governance, customer protection and responsible business practices.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
            <category>GOLD</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>China's Australian coal imports surge to six-year high</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[China's coal imports from Australia surged in September to their highest level since April 2020, before Beijing's unofficial ban on Australian coal imports disrupted trade, customs data showed on Tuesday.

Shipments from Australia rose 56% from a year earlier to 9.81-million metric tons, customs data showed, the highest since April 2020, before a political rift disrupted coal purchases for much of 2021 and 2022.]]></description>
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            <category>COAL</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Kumba Iron Ore’s third-quarter sales up 3%, average price 9% above benchmark</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/kumba-iron-ores-third-quarter-sales-up-3-average-price-9-above-benchmark-2026-10-20</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As planned, the iron-ore production of Kumba Iron Ore in the three months to September 30 was lower, largely owing to the ultrahigh-dense-media-separation (UHDMS) project tie-in at Sishen, but third-quarter sales were supported by the drawdown of finished stock lifting sales to a 3%-higher ten-million tons. Market conditions softened through the quarter as weaker Chinese steel production, compressed mill margins and strong seaborne supply weighed on prices, but despite these headwinds, Kumba continued to realise a premium to benchmark prices, underpinned by the quality of its lump iron-ore products and its diversified customer base.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <title>Copper mines need $332bn new investment to ease shortfall</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Copper mines need about $332-billion of new investment to avert a future supply shock, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance estimates. Without significant capital outlays, the copper market faces a projected supply shortfall of 20-million metric tons by 2050, and is at risk of a painful squeeze that will slow the shift toward electrification, according to a report released Tuesday.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>India's Hindustan Zinc records two-fold profit jump, cuts annual production cost forecast</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/indias-hindustan-zinc-records-two-fold-profit-jump-cuts-annual-production-cost-forecast-2026-10-20</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The world's largest integrated zinc producer Hindustan Zinc posted a more than two-fold jump in quarterly profit on Monday, helped by higher metal prices, while cutting its annual zinc production cost forecast amid rising output and stronger by-product realisations.

The Vedanta group firm's zinc production cost forecast for fiscal 2027 now stands at $825 a ton to $850 a ton, compared with $975 a ton to $1 000 a ton earlier, CE Amarendu Prakash said in a post-earnings call.]]></description>
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            <title>China resumes sulphuric acid exports to copper king Chile after three-month halt</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[China resumed sulphuric acid exports to Chile in September after a three-month halt, with shipments to the world's largest copper producer accounting for nearly all of the month's exports, customs data showed on Tuesday.

China shipped 31 666 metric tons of sulphuric acid to Chile in September, accounting for 93.5% of its total exports of 33 873 tons.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:14:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>ILZSG sees global zinc, lead markets in surplus in 2027</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The global refined zinc market is expected to swing to a surplus of 25 000 metric tons in 2027 from a deficit of 88 000 tons this year, while the refined lead market surplus will widen to 163 000 tons from 90 000 tons this year, the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) said on Monday.

Demand for zinc is expected to rise by 1.2% to 14.19-million tons in 2027 owing to higher consumption in Europe, India and the US, ILZSG said.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>CME to launch tungsten futures to meet rising demand for critical minerals</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Chicago-headquartered CME Group on Monday said it will launch tungsten futures to meet rising demand for its metals complex, which registered record volume this year.

The contracts are expected to begin trading in early 2027, pending relevant regulatory approvals, CME said in a statement.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Startups are extracting more copper using microbes</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/startups-are-extracting-more-copper-using-microbes-2026-10-19</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The world has a copper problem. The average ore quality is plummeting, more resources are being plowed into obtaining the same amount of metal and new mines take years to open because of the cost and regulatory hurdles. Yet companies need more of the commodity to power the accelerating electrical revolution.

“It is essentially the metal that is underpinning this transition,” said Kwasi Ampofo, head of metals and mining research at BloombergNEF. ]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
            <category>COPPER</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>China aluminium output hits record quarterly high despite capacity cap</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[China's primary aluminium production hit a record quarterly high in July to September, official data showed on Monday, as smelters maintained high operating rates despite a longstanding government-imposed capacity ceiling.

The world's top aluminium producer churned out 11.84-million metric tons of the metal in the third quarter, up 2.2% from a year earlier and 0.5% from the previous quarter, according to Reuters calculations based on data from the National Bureau of Statistics. ]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Posco gets final approval for $3bn low-carbon iron plant</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Australian government has approved South Korean steelmaker Posco Holdings' plans to develop a low-emissions iron-ore processing plant at a major export hub.

The project at Port Hedland in Western Australia’s Pilbara region is estimated to cost about A$4.4-billion ($3-billion), according to the State government, which approved it in April. Its annual capacity is planned at about two-million tons of iron.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
            <category>IRON-ORE</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Freeport bets on chemical solution to reach copper leaching target</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/freeport-bets-on-chemical-solution-to-reach-copper-leaching-target-2026-10-19</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Freeport-McMoRan is betting a new chemical compound can help it reach an ambitious target of extracting 800-million pounds of copper from waste rock each year and expand production beyond traditional mines to meet surging global demand.

Working with a fleet of chemists, the world's largest publicly traded copper producer has spent the past three years testing dozens of chemical cocktails in the hopes of boosting the amount of copper it extracts, or leaches, from mine waste tailings piles that contain more than 40-billion pounds of copper.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>COPPER</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Shenghe Resources says to sell majority stakes in some businesses</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/shenghe-resources-says-to-sell-majority-stakes-in-some-businesses-2026-10-19</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Shenghe Resources said it would sell majority stakes for its smelting and separation business for between 1.66-billion and 1.81-billion yuan ($248.44-million and $270.89-million) to a subsidiary of State-owned China Rare Earth Group.

Shenghe Resources will transfer a 51% stake at its Leshan Shenghe subsidiary, after spinning off the subsidiary's non-rare earth smelting and separation business, to a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Rare Earth Group, according to a company filing on Sunday.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>RARE EARTHS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Canadian subsurface imaging expert Dias launches two new powerful exploration aides </title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/canadian-subsurface-imaging-expert-dias-launches-two-new-powerful-exploration-aides-2026-10-16</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Canadian advanced subsurface imaging company Dias Geophysical has commercialised two new technologies called DSTX (Deep Search Transmitter) and QAMT (Quantum Airborne MagnetoTellurics), which address two very different exploration challenges, but provide clients with better subsurface data for decision-making, reduced exploration risk and improved probability of discovery success. Dias president Glenn Chubak says that finding the critical mineral deposits needed for the future requires companies to continually improve the technologies that are used in exploration surveys.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>TECHNOLOGY &amp; EXPLORATION</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>IEA to speed up oil stocks release including over 20m barrels of diesel</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The International Energy Agency (IEA) agreed on Thursday to release over 20-million barrels of diesel to the market and any oil remaining from a record emergency reserves release pledged in March to boost supply and cool soaring prices.

US President Donald Trump has pressed European Union countries to draw down reserves or face a potential US diesel export ban as he seeks to lower prices ahead of November 3 midterm elections.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>OIL &amp; GAS</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>World Bank's Banga sets goal of quintupling critical minerals financing in five years</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[World Bank President Ajay Banga on Friday said the development lender has set a goal of quintupling its critical minerals business in five years, and has identified 20 countries that it can partner with on critical minerals development projects.

Banga revealed the new goal in prepared remarks to a plenary session at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>CRITICAL MINERALS</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The International Copper Study Group forecast on Wednesday that the global refined copper market would remain in surplus through 2027, with it widening from about 104 000 metric tons in 2026 to 368 000 metric tons in 2027.

The ICSG said world refined copper production is forecast to rise by about 0.4% in 2026 and 3.4% in 2027. The group said an increase in refined copper output next year would be driven by the ramp-up of smelters and refineries in Indonesia, India and the European Union.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Taiwan said on Wednesday it was making progress in talks to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Alaska LNG and would invest $4.4-billion in the project after US President Donald Trump told a rally in the State that Taipei would buy 30% of its output.

Taiwan's economy ministry said State-owned energy firm CPC Corp has made significant progress with the project developer after nearly a year and a half of negotiations and evaluation.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Iron-ore prices slipped for a third straight session on Thursday to their lowest level in more than two years, weighed down by persistent concerns over weak demand in top consumer China and prospects of growing supply of the key steelmaking ingredient.

The most-traded iron-ore contract on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) fell by 0.82% to 669 yuan ($99.95) a ton, as of 01:47 GMT, its lowest since September 24, 2024.]]></description>
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