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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>ICMM calls for further action as fatalities among members remain relatively high</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Although global mining and metals advocacy group the ICMM's 26 members achieved a year-on-year reduction in fatalities to 39 for 2025, from 43 in 2024, the group stresses that fatalities have generally been increasing since 2021, reversing a previous downward trend. This reinforces the need for a continued focus on fatal risk prevention and critical control effectiveness, the ICMM states.]]></description>
            <author>Creamer Media Reporter  </author>
            <category>MINE SAFETY</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Central banks bought far less gold than thought at start of year</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Central banks bought far less gold at the start of the year than previously thought, and while demand has since rebounded, their purchases are expected to decline this year, according to the World Gold Council. Central banks only bought 57 t in the first quarter, 187 t less than previously thought, the industry group said in a report Thursday. That’s the weakest start to a year in well over a decade, according to WGC data, and the revision means the overall pace of purchasing this year is likely to fall below 2025.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
            <category>GOLD</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Commodity trader IXM expands portfolio into iron-ore, sources say</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Global commodity trader IXM is expanding its portfolio into iron-ore, three people familiar with the matter said, even as near-record-low price volatility of the steelmaking ingredient cuts profit-making opportunities and suppresses investor interest.

Geneva-based IXM, one of the world's largest traders of physical non-ferrous metals such as copper and nickel, last week signed a prepayment deal with Brazilian miner Itaminas to lock in supply, said one of the people, who requested anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media on the matter.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>IRON-ORE</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>US-Saudi consortium advances plans for $5bn Gulf refinery</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The MERA Oil consortium of US and Saudi Arabian companies is advancing plans for a $5-billion integrated refinery and export corridor in the Gulf aimed at boosting regional energy infrastructure, its partners said on Wednesday, as the Iran war continues to disrupt energy flows.

Texas-based energy development company MWG Group, the Patel Family Office and PWS, an associate company of Saudi industrial conglomerate AHQ Group, have entered the final stage of site selection for the refinery, which will have capacity of 200 000 barrels a day.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>OIL &amp; GAS</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Citi maintains bullish copper price targets on supply pressure</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Citi maintained on Monday its bullish copper price targets through the end of the year, citing tighter physical markets and supply pressure in China. The bank held its $14 500 per metric ton zero- to three-month target and its $15 000 per ton year-end target.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>COPPER</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>LME aluminium stocks fall to lowest this century</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Aluminium stocks on the London Metal Exchange have slumped to their lowest this century as supply constraints in the war-hit Middle East leave consumers drawing down inventories to secure metal. Data from the bourse showed total aluminium stocks in LME warehouses had dropped to 271 275 metric tons on July 24. That is the lowest total in records going back to January 1998 and equivalent to less than a day's worth of global aluminium consumption.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Trump imposes forced labor duties on 60 trading partners as 10% US tariffs expire</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/trump-imposes-forced-labor-duties-on-60-trading-partners-as-10-us-tariffs-expire-2026-07-24</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Trump administration on Friday imposed new tariffs of 10% and 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, including the European Union and China, over allegations of lax enforcement of forced labor bans, just as a temporary 10% global tariff expired.

The move is the White House's latest effort to restore President Donald Trump's campaign vision of a near-global tariff after the US Supreme Court in February struck down his "reciprocal" duties of 10% to 50% imposed last year under a national emergencies law to try to shrink the US trade deficit.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>MINING ECONOMY</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Competition for water resources a risk to the global energy transition, warns ICMM</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/competition-for-water-resources-a-risk-to-the-global-energy-transition-warns-icmm-2026-07-22</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Mining and metals advocacy group the ICMM warns that water availability could, in many regions, act as a constraint on the development of new mines and related facilities, particularly for the production of metals and minerals, such as platinum group metals, chromium, manganese, aluminium and steel, that are key to the energy transition. In its 'Global Mining and Metals Water Dataset' report, published on July 22, the ICMM states that competition for finite water resources is not a future concern, but a present operational reality and a structural constraint on the expansion of the mining and metals sector, as well as the pace of the energy transition itself.]]></description>
            <author>Chanel de Bruyn</author>
            <category>WATER</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <editor>Creamer Media Reporter  </editor>
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            <title>ADNOC greenlights $6.2bn Umm Shaif Gas Cap project</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/adnoc-greenlights-62bn-umm-shaif-gas-cap-project-2026-07-21</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Abu Dhabi's State energy company Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has taken a $6.2-billion final investment decision (FID) to develop the Umm Shaif Gas Cap, in an acceleration of its integrated global gas growth strategy, the company said Tuesday.

The FID was made alongside ADNOC's international partners, TotalEnergies, Eni and China National Petroleum Corporation.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>OIL &amp; GAS</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Goldman sees Brent exceeding $120/bbl in Q4 if Hormuz disruptions persist</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/goldman-sees-brent-exceeding-120bbl-in-q4-if-hormuz-disruptions-persist-2026-07-21</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs said on Monday that Brent crude could top $120 a barrel in the fourth quarter this year and average $100 a barrel next year if flows through the Strait of Hormuz remain disrupted and Gulf output only fully recovers by the end of 2027. Oil prices softened on Tuesday, with markets weighing reports of mediation efforts between the US and Iran against an exchange of fresh attacks between the two and threats of a naval blockade of Saudi Arabia by Yemen's Houthis.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>OIL</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>China's steel sector looks weaker than it is, reverse for iron-ore - Reuters</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/chinas-steel-sector-looks-weaker-than-it-is-reverse-for-iron-ore---reuters-2026-07-21</link>
            <description><![CDATA[China's steel sector presents something of a dilemma in trying to work out if it is soft and likely to continue to weaken, or whether it is actually performing quite strongly given the subdued state of the world's second-biggest economy.

The data certainly suggests an industry that is at best just keeping its head above water.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>IRON-ORE &amp; STEEL</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Zinc expected to retreat in 2026 as weak demand offsets supply fears</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/zinc-expected-to-retreat-in-2026-as-weak-demand-offsets-supply-fears-2026-07-20</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Zinc prices are expected to retreat from recent highs over the rest of the year as lacklustre demand offsets supply disruptions, analysts say. The metal used to galvanise steel is up more than 13% on the London Metal Exchange in 2026 due to tight ore supply and smelter production losses. Outperforming copper, aluminium, lead and nickel, zinc last month climbed to its highest in almost four years at $3 658 per metric ton.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>ZINC</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Iran to restore 100-million cubic metres of lost gas output in coming months, official says</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/iran-to-restore-100-million-cubic-metres-of-lost-gas-output-in-coming-months-official-says-2026-07-20</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Iran expects to restore around 100-million cubic metres a day of natural gas production capacity within the coming months, a senior government official said on Monday according to the oil ministry's Shana news outlet.

Attacks on Iran's energy infrastructure removed about 230-million cubic metres from output since the war started with US-Israeli strikes on Iran in late February. Recent US strikes on southern Iran, however, have not hit major energy sites.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>OIL &amp; GAS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Forget crude, war pushes refiners to the brink - Reuters </title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/forget-crude-war-pushes-refiners-to-the-brink---reuters-2026-07-20</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The global oil refining industry is flashing warning signs. The supply chain for the products that fuel the global economy is under growing stress as conflicts in the Middle East and Russia ripple through energy markets.

Benchmark crude prices have retreated sharply from the highs of $118 a barrel reached during the height of the Iran war and are now hovering around $85, suggesting many investors believe the threat of an energy crisis has faded.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>OIL &amp; GAS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Global energy security at risk if Strait of Hormuz does not open in weeks, IEA chief says</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/global-energy-security-at-risk-if-strait-of-hormuz-does-not-open-in-weeks-iea-chief-says-2026-07-17</link>
            <description><![CDATA[If the US and Iran do not increase oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz soon, the world should worry about energy security, International Energy Agency (IEA) executive director Fatih Birol said on Thursday.

"Oil security is still a critical issue," Birol told a Council on Foreign Relations event. "We should be worried, and I am worried, if the situation does not improve in the next few weeks."]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>OIL &amp; GAS</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Capital reports record revenue in the second quarter</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/capital-reports-record-revenue-in-the-second-quarter-2026-07-16</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Mining services company Capital has reported another quarterly revenue record of $117.3-million for the three months ended June 30. This contributed to stronger-than-expected revenue of $219-million for the first half of this year - a 37.6% year-on-year increase. Drilling and associated revenue for the quarter was $68-million, up 7.9% on the second quarter of 2025 and up 8.3% on the first quarter of this year.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
            <category>MINING SERVICES</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <editor>Chanel de Bruyn</editor>
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            <title>DMCC, Botswana Stock Exchange Group sign MoU to expand market access for Botswana's commodity ...</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/dmcc-botswana-stock-exchange-group-sign-mou-to-expand-market-access-for-botwanas-commodity-exports-2026-07-15</link>
            <description><![CDATA[International business district that drives the flow of global trade through Dubai, DMCC, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Botswana Stock Exchange Group (BSE), operator of the Botswana Mercantile Exchange (BMX), to strengthen Botswana's access to global commodity markets by connecting BSE's emerging commodities exchange with Dubai's international trading, finance and logistics ecosystem. The partnership marks a significant step in expanding trade and investment links between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Botswana, establishing Africa's first sister-hub trading corridor between Dubai and Gaborone, while supporting Botswana's economic diversification agenda and ambitions to increase the global reach and value of its commodity exports.]]></description>
            <author>Creamer Media Reporter  </author>
            <category>TRADE</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Canada's Hatch inks strategic delivery owner-partnership agreement with Saudi Arabian miner</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/canadas-hatch-inks-strategic-delivery-owner-partnership-agreement-with-saudi-arabian-miner-2026-07-14</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has joined Canadian engineering consultancy Hatch and a Saudi Arabian mining company in signing a strategic delivery owner-partnership agreement to accelerate the development of Maaden's growth ambitions.

Following the parties signing of a memorandum of understanding in January during the Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh, the definitive agreement now confirms Hatch as Maaden's strategic delivery partner for the development and execution of its significant project pipeline.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>MINING SERVICES</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
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Brent crude futures were up $2.74, or 3.29%, at $86.04 a barrel at 07:51 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose $2.21, or 2.83%, to $80.35 a barrel.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Following the latest hostilities in the US war with Iran, precious metals prices dropped across the board, with the gold price falling back below $4 100/oz and silver below $60/oz. In its latest ‘Precious Appraisal’, precious metals and technology company Heraeus Precious Metals notes that, along with this, oil rallied, with Brent Crude and the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) topping $80/bbl and $75/bbl, respectively, on July 8, prompting a resurfacing of fears that the conflict could have an impact on price stability and, ultimately, monetary policy.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Gerald Metals Sàrl, the Geneva-based subsidiary of a leading independent commodity trading company, Gerald Group, has successfully closed a three-year $50-million finance facility supported by Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI).

ECI is the United Arab Emirates' (UAE's) federal export credit agency. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <title>China expands strategic mineral toolkit with new investment firm</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A new, Beijing-backed mining investment vehicle is aimed at bolstering China’s grip on overseas resources, as the country pushes back against US and European efforts to curb its dominance of the mineral supply chain.

Chinese companies have been aggressive buyers and builders of overseas mining assets for more than a decade, with a few champions leading the way. At a time when Western rivals were under shareholder pressure to cut spending, firms from the world’s top metals consumer expanded in Congo’s copper and cobalt production, took stakes in key iron-ore projects and transformed Indonesia’s nickel industry.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Deep-sea mining threatens molluscs holding promise for science, Red List shows</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/deep-sea-mining-threatens-molluscs-holding-promise-for-science-red-list-shows-2026-07-10</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Over half of mollusc species that cluster around underwater vents and hold promising potential for medicine and technology are at risk of going extinct due to deep-sea mining, the world's largest conservation network warned on Thursday.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) renewed its call for a moratorium on such operations before UN-led talks this month.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>DMCC’s Dubai Diamond Exchange, London Diamond Bourse sign MoU to strengthen global diamond trade</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/dmccs-dubai-diamond-exchange-london-diamond-bourse-sign-mou-to-strengthen-global-diamond-trade-2026-07-08</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), the international business district that drives the flow of global trade through Dubai, has announced a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE) and the London Diamond Bourse (LDB) to strengthen cooperation between the two bourses, expand opportunities for their respective members and reinforce collaboration across the international diamond and gemstone trade. The parties note that the MoU establishes a framework for closer cooperation between the two organisations, with a focus on promoting responsible trade, facilitating commercial opportunities, encouraging knowledge exchange and strengthening links between members.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <title>Oil surges, stocks tumble as Trump declares Iran MoU 'over'</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Oil surged by more than 5% on Wednesday and global stocks and bond prices tumbled, as investors fled risk assets after US President Donald Trump said the memorandum of understanding signed with Iran to end the Gulf conflict was "over". Trump, who was speaking in Ankara ahead of a NATO summit in the Turkish capital, added that he did not want to engage with Tehran.  "As far as I'm concerned, it's just a waste of time dealing with them," he said.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Oil prices settle at pre-Iran war levels as crude output grows</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/oil-prices-settle-at-pre-iran-war-levels-as-crude-output-grows-2026-07-07</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Oil prices settled around pre-Iran war levels on Monday as Saudi Arabia slashed its official selling prices, OPEC+ approved another production target increase starting in August, and exports through the Strait of Hormuz recovered further.

Brent crude futures, which hit a four-year high above $126 in late April, settled at $71.99 a barrel, down 13 cents or 0.2%. ]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:09:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade hit a record last year as strong US exports and rising European imports offset weaker Asian purchases, the International Gas Union (IGU) said in a report on Wednesday.

Conflict in the Middle East could lead to a contraction in 2026, however, it warned.]]></description>
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            <category>OIL &amp; GAS</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[JPMorgan said demand for gold from key sectors would not be as strong as it had expected, limiting the rise in gold prices this year to $4 300/oz in the third quarter and $4 500/oz in the fourth quarter. The bank said the risks to its forecast skew to the downside, given possible early interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve if data were to come in hot over the balance of the summer.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Oil prices were little changed on Friday before a long holiday weekend in the US, as traders held on to hopes that attempts to secure peace in the Middle East between the US and Iran would succeed.

Brent futures climbed 7 cents, or 0.1%, to $71.87 a barrel as of 07:37 GMT. West Texas Intermediate was down 6 cents, or 0.09%, to $68.63 a barrel.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:59:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Abu Dhabi's International Holding Company plans to invest $11.5-billion in an integrated aluminium project in India's eastern state of Odisha through a joint venture with Adani Group, a State official said on Thursday, marking the country's largest foreign investment in the metals sector.

Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), IHC and India's Adani Group will each hold a 50% stake in the venture, which will comprise a refinery, smelter, captive power plant and downstream aluminium manufacturing park.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed Alara Resources has successfully dispatched its fifty-first copper concentrate shipment from the Al Wash-hi Majaza copper mine, in Oman. The mine is operated by Alara's joint venture company Al Hadeetha Resources, in which Alara holds a 51% stake.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The European Commission unveiled quotas under the new system to limit duty-free steel imports into the European Union, in a move designed ‌to protect the bloc's steel sector and increase its capacity utilisation to 80%.

In the new rules, the EU's annual tariff-free import quotas are slashed by 47% to 18.3 million tonnes, while an out-of-quota duty of 50% is introduced for 26 categories of steel products imported into the EU.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand is expected to rise by around 65% by 2050, driven largely by Asia as countries seek lower-emission alternatives to coal and data centres boost power demand, Shell said in an annual report on Tuesday.

Global demand is likely to reach nearly 700-million tons a year by that date, the world's largest trader of the superchilled fuel said in its 2026 LNG Outlook.]]></description>
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