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        <description><![CDATA[The latest mining world news and project information from Australia and Asia focusing on key projects, and provide insight into the impact of the mining sector on the country’s economy and challenges faced.]]></description>
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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>
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            <title>Westgold reaches stable two-million tonnes a year mine rate at Beta Hunt</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ASX- and TSX-listed Westgold Resources has removed legacy mine infrastructure constraints to establish a platform that supports a sustained two-million-tonne-a-year mining rate at the Beta Hunt underground mine at Kambalda. Beta Hunt achieved a record annualised mining rate of two-million tonnes a year in September, before the interim primary ventilation system was commissioned (ahead of schedule at month-end).]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <title>Australia's Sarytogan Graphite publishes first DFS of two planned for Sarytogan project </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed Sarytogan Graphite finds in a definitive feasibility study (DFS) on the Upstream Sarytogan graphite project, in Kazakhstan, the potential to produce 50 000 t/y of graphite concentrate in varying sizes. The company plans to have 20 000 t/y classified into three sizes up 15 microns for drilling fluids, lubricants and friction products, 10 000 t/y of unclassified concentrate for the foundry and iron recarburiser market and 20 000 t/y for a planned downstream graphite business to make ultrahigh-purity fines and coated spherical purified graphite products.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <title>Rio Tinto, Rondo Energy assess large-scale heat battery integration at Yarwun refinery</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[US-headquartered Rondo Energy and global diversified miner Rio Tinto have started front-end engineering design (FEED) work on a 360 MWh energy storage project for deployment at the Yarwun alumina refinery near Gladstone, in Queensland. The Rondo heat battery project is supported by an initial $3.6-million grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) for the FEED stage, with another $38-million having been committed by ARENA for deployment.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>ALUMINA</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Incoming Northern Star CEO flags possibility of asset sales</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Australia's Northern Star Resources on Wednesday flagged the potential for asset sales as the miner focuses on delivering its turnaround plan under a new CEO, amid pressure from both activist investor Elliott and suitor Gold Fields.

Northern Star reported a 7.2% rise in first-quarter revenue from gold sales, helped by higher average gold sale prices that offset lower volumes from planned shutdowns, but missed market expectations. It, however, kept its full-year guidance intact.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>GOLD</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Woodside Energy trims output forecast, to pull back from US ammonia project</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Australia's Woodside Energy on Wednesday trimmed the top end of its annual production forecast and said it would scale back its investment in a lower-carbon ammonia project in the US owing to slower demand.

The country's top independent oil and gas producer now expects annual production of 174-million to 181-million barrels of oil equivalent (boe), down from its earlier forecast of 174-million to 185-million boe.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>OIL &amp; GAS</category>
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            <title>Australian miner Fortescue fires senior executive after sexual harassment probe</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Fortescue, Australia's third-largest miner, said on Wednesday it fired a senior executive following an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and bullying.

The investigation, conducted by law firm MinterEllison, found conduct that breached company policies and values, a Fortescue spokesperson said in a statement.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>IRON-ORE</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:55:00 +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>Trade uncertainty, energy, freight costs continuing to create headwinds – BHP</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Global markets remain volatile, with geopolitical tensions, trade uncertainty, and elevated energy and freight costs continuing to create headwinds across the mining industry, BHP CEO Brandon Craig stated on Tuesday, October 20, when the company published its operational review for the quarter ended September 30. “At the same time, demand for commodities remains resilient, supported by continued industrialisation and urbanisation in China and India, alongside unprecedented investment in data centres and enabling infrastructure globally, which is reinforcing the long-term outlook for copper,” Craig added in BHP’s operational review for the quarter ended September 30.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>DIVERSIFIED MINERS</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Anglo copper production down 5%, iron-ore down 4%, diamonds down 11%</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/anglo-copper-production-down-5-iron-ore-down-4-diamonds-down-11-2026-10-20</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Diversified mining company Anglo American on Tuesday, October 20, reported 5% lower copper production, 4% lower iron-ore production, and 11% lower diamond production for the three months to September 30. Third-quarter copper production from South American countries Chile and Peru lowered overall copper production to 174 900 t.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>DIVERSIFIED MINERS</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:07:00 +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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        <editor>Chanel de Bruyn</editor>
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            <title>Australia's Lithium Plus outlines simple, quick returns lithium operation for Bynoe</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/australias-lithium-plus-outlines-simple-quick-returns-lithium-operation-for-bynoe-2026-10-20</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed Lithium Plus Minerals has outlined a rapid development pathway and high returns for the Bynoe lithium project, in Australia's Northern Territory.

The company finds in a scoping study the viability of a direct shipping ore operation using underground mining, on-site crushing and screening, and export through Darwin Port. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>LITHIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Natural gas producer Tamboran adds MD role for CEO Abbott </title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/natural-gas-producer-tamboran-adds-md-role-for-ceo-abbott-2026-10-20</link>
            <description><![CDATA[NYSE- and ASX-listed Tamboran Resources has appointed Todd Abbott MD in addition to his role as CEO effective immediately. He retains 25 years of upstream oil and gas experience spanning unconventional shale operations, strategy, infrastructure, business planning and corporate finance.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>OIL &amp; GAS</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:44:00 +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>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>COAL</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Copper mines need $332bn new investment to ease shortfall</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/copper-mines-need-332bn-new-investment-to-ease-shortfall-2026-10-20</link>
            <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>
            <category>COPPER</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Anglo sticks to copper forecast after snow in Chile hits quarter</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/anglo-sticks-to-copper-forecast-after-snow-in-chile-hits-quarter-2026-10-20</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Anglo American reported a 5% fall in third-quarter copper production on Tuesday after record snowfall in Chile, but maintained its 2026 forecast for the metal and raised its diamond production outlook.

The miner produced 174 900 metric tons in the July to September quarter, compared to 183 500 tons in the same period a year earlier. For the first nine months, copper output was down 1% to 519 000 tons from 526 000 in the same months of 2025.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>DIVERSIFIED MINERS</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>BHP misses quarterly copper output estimates on Chile mine disruptions</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[BHP Group on Tuesday reported a steep fall in copper production in the first quarter as bad weather and a fatal accident forced temporary halts at its flagship Escondida mine in Chile.

Operations there were suspended in late September after a worker was killed in an accident while carrying out maintenance work. Production was also disrupted for several weeks at BHP's Carrapateena copper mine in South Australia after an underground conveyor belt failed.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>DIVERSIFIED MINERS</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:19:00 +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>
            <category>ZINC &amp; LEAD</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>South African aluminium assets' sale to Alcoa on track, South32 reports</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/sale-of-south-african-aluminium-assets-to-alcoa-of-us-on-track-south32-reports-2026-10-19</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The sale of South Africa’s aluminium value chain assets to Alcoa Corporation of the US remains on track for completion in the June 2027 half-year, Johannesburg-, Sydney- and London-listed South32 reported in its September quarterly on Monday, October 19. In the three months to September 30, aluminium production was largely unchanged as South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium in KwaZulu-Natal continued to test nameplate capacity with a quarterly output of 179 000 t. South32’s Brazil Aluminium is in ramp-up and as reported in March, South32’s Mozal Aluminium is on care and maintenance.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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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>$40m for Prieska Copper Zinc Mine development in South Africa’s Northern Cape</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The first copper and zinc production from Uppers at the reviving Prieska Copper Zinc Mine in South Africa’s well-endowed Northern Cape is targeted for the end of next year, Orion Minerals reported on Monday, October 19, following the way for this being cleared by financing and offtake agreement finalisation. The $40-million tranche A financing from Glencore is now unconditional and gthe first drawdown is expected by the end of this month, enabling key development contracts, site mobilisation and construction activities to progress.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Startups are extracting more copper using microbes</title>
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            <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>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Australia's Cobalt Blue secures early offtake agreement with Swiss metals trader </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed Cobalt Blue Holdings has signed a term sheet for the sale of standard-grade cobalt metal rounds to Swiss metals trader STG Metals.

The material will be produced at Cobalt Blue's proposed Kwinana cobalt refinery, in Western Australia, with the refinery's Stage 1 production capacity planned to be 3 000 t/y of contained cobalt. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Firebird successfully produces ultra-high-purity manganese sulphate </title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/firebird-successfully-produces-ultra-high-purity-manganese-sulphate-2026-10-19</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed Firebird Metals has successfully produced a 99.99% ultra-pure manganese sulphate from an in-line impurity extraction process. The company developed a manganese-specific extractant and associated processing technology through its ongoing research and development programme at the Hunan pilot plant and research facility.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>MANGANESE</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Fortescue demonstrates effectiveness of world's first arsenic removal tech for copper</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/fortescue-demonstrates-effectiveness-of-worlds-first-arsenic-removal-tech-for-copper-2026-10-19</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Iron-ore major Fortescue has sold more than 40 t of copper concentrate cleaned using its new world-first arsenic removal technology, creating a solution for a complex problem facing the global copper industry.   The patented Toowong Process uses a low-temperature, low-pressure hydrometallurgical method to separate arsenic from copper concentrate.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>COPPER</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Woodside natural gas project unit paused after Greenpeace protest off Western Australia</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Woodside said operations remained paused on Sunday at a floating production unit, part of its $12.5 -billion Scarborough natural gas project off the coast ‌of Western Australia, owing to a Greenpeace protest at the platform.

Two activists from the environmental advocacy group slept overnight on the semi-submersible unit, located around 375 km (233 miles) off the State's northwest coast, in the protest that started on Saturday, Greenpeace said.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>OIL &amp; GAS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:39:00 +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>Australia's South32's first-quarter copper output rise, slightly misses estimates</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Diversified miner South32 on Monday posted a 2% rise in first-quarter copper production helped by mining ore with a higher copper content as it had planned,but the output was slightly below market expectations.

Excluding its aluminium portfolio, copper accounted for more than half of South32's fiscal 2026 earnings and was the miner's primary cash generator.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>COPPER</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Australia's New Hope to fold Malabar Resources into $4.39bn coal group in all-scrip deal</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Australian coal miner New Hope said on Monday it would acquire unlisted peer Malabar Resources in a deal valued at about A$2.4-billion ($1.67-billion), giving it full ownership of the Maxwell coal mine in New South Wales.

Under the scheme of arrangement, Malabar shareholders will receive 0.5 New Hope shares for each Malabar share held, implying a value of A$2.92 per Malabar share based on New Hope's closing price on October 16.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:09:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed Lindian Resources confirms it is on track for first monazite concentrate production in December.

The company has been advancing construction, mining and commissioning readiness activities at the Kangankude rare earths project, in Malawi. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed Deep Yellow has delayed a final investment decision (FID) on the Tumas uranium project, in Namibia, given continued weak equity market conditions.

The company was due to announce an FID during the fourth quarter, but maintains full confidence in the quality of the asset as a next-generation, secure and reliable supplier of uranium. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <title>BFS for Aura’s Tiris uranium project estimates robust returns</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Aim- and ASX-listed Aura Energy says the results of a bankable feasibility study (BFS) confirm the Tiris uranium project, in Mauritania, as a technically simple, long-life uranium mine that requires limited capital expenditure for successful development and which is expected to deliver robust returns at conservative uranium prices. The study supports advancing the project to a final investment decision (FID), targeted for December, with first production by the end of 2028.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed Arrow Minerals' Pilbara iron-ore landholding is poised to grow by more than 400% to 1 600 km2. The company's latest target comprises the Turee Creek iron-ore project, with 12 new first-in-time applications for exploration ground having been launched.]]></description>
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