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        <description><![CDATA[Mining news coverage from the Middle East with an overview on project information, developments in mining, investments and infrastructure as well as updates on the progress of future, new and existing projects]]></description>
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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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            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Sulphuric acid prices due to extend decline in 2027, CRU says</title>
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            <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>
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            <title>Gold Dealer Assurance Programme designed to boost trust in global retail gold market</title>
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            <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>Hormuz could be 'redundant' in five years, replaced by new routes, HSBC CEO says </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Investment in alternative logistics routes in the Gulf to mitigate the impact of the Iran war could make the Strait of Hormuz "redundant" in the next five years, HSBC Group CE Georges Elhedery said on Tuesday. The conflict has highlighted the world's heavy reliance on the strategic waterway, through which a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas trade previously passed.]]></description>
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            <category>TRADE &amp; SHIPPING</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
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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>
            <category>COPPER</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:42:00 +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>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>
            <category>CRITICAL MINERALS</category>
            <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>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>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/iea-to-speed-up-oil-stocks-release-including-over-20m-barrels-of-diesel-2026-10-16</link>
            <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>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/world-banks-banga-sets-goal-of-quintupling-critical-minerals-financing-in-five-years-2026-10-16</link>
            <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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            <title>ICSG sees global refined copper surplus widening in 2027</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/icsg-sees-global-refined-copper-surplus-widening-in-2027-2026-10-15</link>
            <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>
            <category>COPPER</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Iron-ore slips to two-year low on concerns over weak demand, hiking supply</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/iron-ore-slips-to-two-year-low-on-concerns-over-weak-demand-hiking-supply-2026-10-15</link>
            <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>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>IRON-ORE</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Copper squeeze breathes new life into old mines</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/copper-squeeze-breathes-new-life-into-old-mines-2026-10-15</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ In 1899, the Mt Lyell mine in Tasmania produced some 9 500 metric tons of copper. That made it the largest copper mine in the British Empire, though small by today's standards.

In September, after 12 years idle, owner Sibanye-Stillwater approved a restart of Mt Lyell, putting it among a string of copper mines around the world being revived due to expectations for a structural shortage of the industrial metal.]]></description>
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            <category>COPPER</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Froydis Cameron-Johansson to succeed Rohitesh Dhawan as ICMM CEO</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/froydis-cameron-johansson-to-succeed-rohitesh-dhawan-as-icmm-ceo-2026-10-14</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Global mining and metals advocacy group the ICMM has appointed Froydis Cameron-Johansson to succeed Rohitesh Dhawan as president and CEO. The group says Cameron-Johansson brings a wealth of global senior leadership experience in the mining and energy sectors to the ICMM, having lived and worked in both emerging and established markets in a career spanning three decades, during which she has become a key ambassador for the extractives industry as well as an advocate for responsible business and sustainability.]]></description>
            <author>Creamer Media Reporter  </author>
            <category>MINING &amp; METALS</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>ICSG sees global refined copper surplus widening in 2027</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/icsg-sees-global-refined-copper-surplus-widening-in-2027-2026-10-14</link>
            <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>
            <category>COPPER</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>IRH, ZCCM-IH reaffirm commitment to Zambian project </title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/irh-zccm-ih-reaffirm-commitment-to-zambian-project-2026-10-14</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Abu Dhabi-based natural resources investment platform International Resources Holding (IRH) and Zambian mining and energy investment holding company ZCCM Investments Holdings (ZCCM-IH) have reaffirmed their long-term partnership and shared ambition to advance the development of Mopani Copper Mines (MCM), strengthen its operational performance and deliver lasting benefits for its employees, host communities and Zambia’s wider economy. Following constructive discussions, both shareholders reaffirmed their alignment on the priorities ahead and their commitment to working together through the established governance framework to support MCM’s next phase of growth.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Aluminium's calm belies lingering supply-chain stress, Reuters column says</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/aluminiums-calm-belies-lingering-supply-chain-stress-reuters-column-says-2026-10-14</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Iranian missile attacks on Gulf smelters and the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz have knocked out almost 3-million metric tons of aluminium production capacity. Yet, eight months on, the market is seemingly unconcerned.

Indeed, London Metal Exchange (LME) three-month aluminium is now trading just above $3 000 a ton, which is where it was in early February before the US and Israel unleashed Operation Epic Fury against Iran.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[As investment adviser Appian Capital Advisory builds out its critical minerals portfolio to serve industrial and defence supply chains, the company has established a base in Washington DC, and appointed Brian Greeley CFO of critical minerals and Christoper Smith and John Meier as senior advisers. Greeley formerly worked as senior VP and chief banking officer at the US Export-Import Bank, while Smith previously worked as chief government affairs officer at Ford Motor Company. Meier is a retired Rear Admiral of the US Navy.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mining investment company Meantime Resources has announced admission of its ordinary shares to trading on the Aim market of the LSE. In connection with the admission, the company has successfully raised, in aggregate, gross proceeds of £15-million, by way of an institutional placing of new ordinary shares and warrants and a direct subscription for new ordinary shares and warrants by the management team, nonexecutive directors and certain other investors.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer Zoomlion has expanded its mining machinery business and strengthened international operations, having recorded a growth rate of 57% year-on-year in its mining machinery revenue in the first half of the year.

Overall, its international revenue grew by 12% year-on-year to account for 57% of groupwide revenue, which is testament to the company's aggressive international expansion strategy. ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[It must be appreciated that the current high price of fuel is a function of the war in the Middle East and South Africans must work together in confronting it, Mineral Resources and Petroleum Minister Gwede Mantashe emphasised during the final speech on the final day of this week’s vibrant Joburg Indaba. Mantashe expressed the wish to address the high fuel price issue owing to the government being blamed for something the government did not bring about. Regarding the dozen WhatsApp group discussions in which he partakes daily, he said: “I go to everyone, every day, and people will blame government for the price of fuel, and I was saying to members of my party, don't own something that’s not yours.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Glencore shrugged off concerns that its coal portfolio would make it unattractive to Australia’s A$4.8-trillion ($3.3-trillion) pension industry ahead of its listing in Sydney next Wednesday. The mining and commodity powerhouse is betting that allowing large investors in Australia to buy depositary receipts for stock in London and South Africa will boost its share price and propel it into the ASX100 benchmark in the short term. Pension funds will be key to this strategy and have said they could increase shareholdings if Glencore listed in Sydney, CEO Gary Nagle said.]]></description>
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            <title>NESR, Aramco sign agreement to deliver Saudi Arabia’s first direct lithium extraction project</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Oilfield services provider National Energy Services Reunited (NESR) has announced that its business segment NESR Environmental and Decarbonisation Applications (NEDA), has entered into an agreement with Saudi Arabia's State oil company Aramco to execute a lithium demonstration project in Saudi Arabia. This first-of-its-kind project aims to produce 2 000 t/y of battery-grade lithium carbonate, with commissioning and start of production planned for late 2027.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Millions of hectares of protected tropical ecosystems are at risk from overlapping mining concessions and oil and gas blocks, researchers said on Thursday, potentially weakening a global treaty aimed at conserving 30% of the world's land, freshwater and oceans by the end of the decade. The research, led by US environment group Earth Insight, was released ahead of a new round of UN biodiversity talks scheduled to get underway in Yerevan, Armenia on October 18.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>IMF chief warns energy shock, growing debt and AI risks threaten global growth</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The global economy is under threat from persistently high energy prices, record public debt and risks from the AI investment boom, International Monetary Fund MD Kristalina Georgieva warned on Wednesday, urging governments to implement protective fiscal and monetary policy measures. In a speech previewing IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings next week in Bangkok, Georgieva said the world was being pulled in two directions — a negative energy supply shock from the Middle East conflicts and a positive demand shock from artificial intelligence that is also fuelling inflation. "The combined impact of these two forces is highly uneven across the world," Georgieva said, adding that the AI boom was bypassing many countries.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The amount of oil in storage that is accessible to the global market is running low, industry executives said at a forum in London this week, making the market more fragile and putting upward pressure on prices.  Governments and energy companies have drawn oil from stockpiles to alleviate pressure in a global oil market facing unprecedented supply disruptions this year due to the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Gold miner Perseus Mining sees strong merger and acquisition activity across the sector but expects dealmaking to remain difficult as companies struggle to agree on valuations amid volatile bullion prices, its chief executive said. "There’s a lot of activity, but not necessarily a lot of completion," CEO Craig Jones told Reuters late on Tuesday. ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[London-listed mining services group Capital has completed the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Metres Down Under (MDU), a specialist underground drilling company headquartered in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, in Western Australia. Capital says this acquisition establishes its operating presence in the Australian drilling market, one of the world’s premier mining jurisdictions.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Gold remains a strategic reserve asset as concerns over rising government debt and geopolitical instability boost its appeal as a haven from risk, two central bankers said on Monday, even after this year's surge in bond yields. Gold prices typically retreat as yields rise, boosting the opportunity cost of holding non-interest bearing assets.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources has announced that the sixth edition of the Future Minerals Forum (FMF), a global platform for shaping the future of minerals, will be held under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques from January 12 to 14 next year, in Riyadh. The sixth edition, under the theme “Global Collaboration for Resilient Mineral Supply”, will focus on mobilising finance, accelerating project development and shortening the time needed to bring projects into production to increase mineral supply and accelerate the development of value chains within the Kingdom and across emerging supplier regions, including the Super Region spanning Africa, West and Central Asia and Latin America.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Canadian copper, nickel, gold and silver explorer Power Metallic has appointed BBA as lead engineering consultant for a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the Lion and Nisk Main deposits at the Nisk project, in Québec.

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            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Glencore on Friday said it now expects 2026 marketing adjusted operating profit to exceed $5-billion, well above its long-term guidance, after a near-record first-half performance driven by volatile oil, gas and freight markets. The Swiss miner and trader's earnings from commodity trading have leaped as conflict in the Middle East creates constraints across global energy markets.]]></description>
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