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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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            <title>Copper 360 intersects mineralisation early at Rietberg </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed Copper 360 advises that the incline at the Rietberg underground mine, in the Northern Cape, has intersected copper sulphide mineralisation about 16 m before reaching the planned 300 Level (300L) elevation. This is earlier than expected from the company’s geological model and could represent a new mineralised body, it highlights.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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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>
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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>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:42:00 +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>
            <category>IRON-ORE</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:48:00 +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>Freeport bets on chemical solution to reach copper leaching target</title>
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            <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>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:05:00 +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>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/australias-new-hope-to-fold-malabar-resources-into-439bn-coal-group-in-all-scrip-deal-2026-10-19</link>
            <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>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:09:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Incoming Northern Star CEO flags possibility of asset sales</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/incoming-northern-star-ceo-flags-possibility-of-asset-sales-2026-10-21</link>
            <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>Vale says high costs making 10% of iron-ore market lose money</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/vale-says-high-costs-making-10-of-iron-ore-market-lose-money-2026-10-16</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The head of top iron-ore producer Vale estimates that a surge in energy and freight costs triggered by conflict in the Middle East is making about 10% of supply in the global seaborne market unprofitable.

“Prices should be today a little higher,” CEO Gustavo Pimenta said in an interview on Bloomberg Television. “Not because of supply and demand, but because of the impact of freight rates; fuel prices have been higher.”]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
            <category>IRON-ORE</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:59:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Chile plans five new lithium tenders in push to double output</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/chile-plans-five-new-lithium-tenders-in-push-to-double-output-2026-10-21</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Chile plans to issue tenders for five more lithium projects next year as part of a drive to more than double output of the battery metal within a decade, Mining Minister Daniel Mas told Reuters.

The world's second-biggest lithium producer wants the private sector to play a bigger role in developing new mines, Mas said in an interview during LME Week, an annual gathering of the global metals industry in London.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>LITHIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Trafigura appoints new Zambian executive director </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Commodities trader Trafigura has announced the appointment of Chipokota Mwanawasa as executive director in Zambia. In her new role, Mwanawasa will coordinate Trafigura’s activities in Zambia across metals and minerals, energy and associated logistics operations, including strategic business development.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
            <category>CORPORATE</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:32:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <editor>Marleny Arnoldi</editor>
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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>
            <category>DIVERSIFIED MINERS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>De Beers makes first contribution to Botswana's Diamonds for Development Fund</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/de-beers-makes-first-contribution-to-botswanas-diamonds-for-development-fund-2026-10-21</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Diamond miner De Beers Group has transferred its initial contribution of P1-billion to the Diamonds for Development Fund, in Botswana, marking a major milestone in the progress of the fund and its mandate to support the Southern African country's long-term economic diversification. The disbursement follows the establishment of the fund’s governance structures, including the appointment of Dr Akinwumi Adesina as the fund’s chairperson, as well as the appointment and onboarding of the ten-person independent board.]]></description>
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            <category>DIAMONDS &amp; ECONOMY</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 11:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Cornish proposes £135m financing, secures tin offtake agreement with Glencore</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/cornish-proposes-135m-financing-secures-tin-offtake-agreement-with-glencore-2026-10-20</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Aim-listed Cornish Metals is undertaking a proposed financing to raise £135-million, which will be available to new and existing institutional investors.

The company has announced conditional direct subscriptions from Glencore International for £11.2-million, as well as Vision Blue Resources, National Wealth Fund and certain directors of the company. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>TIN</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>De Beers reports lower Q3 output; raises full-year guidance on increased Gahcho Kué stake</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Diamond miner De Beers has reported an 11% year-on-year decrease in rough diamond production to 6.8-million carats for the quarter ended September 30, primarily driven by planned plant maintenance at Orapa, in Botswana, and a slowdown at Venetia, in South Africa, ahead of a planned two-year production pause. De Beers notes that production in Botswana decreased to 4.8-million carats, as a result of the planned plant maintenance at Orapa.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
            <category>DIAMONDS</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <editor>Chanel de Bruyn</editor>
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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>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>BHP sues union at Spence copper mine over 'illegal' stoppages</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Global miner BHP has sued the workers' union at its Spence copper mine in Chile over two work stoppages it deemed "illegal" because they occurred outside a scheduled negotiating period, a court filing seen by Reuters on Thursday showed.

In the lawsuit, BHP alleged that the mine operations were "significantly" affected due to "two illegal work stoppages" in June and July, and sought compensation of roughly $8.6-million.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[First Quantum Minerals' expanded Kansanshi copper mine in Zambia is on track to process about 27-million metric tons of ore in 2026, exceeding its design capacity by 8% and supporting a stronger production outlook, the company said on Wednesday. Kansanshi Mining's $1.2 billion S3 expansion project was commissioned in August 2025 and is expected to double the mine's copper output to about 277 000 metric tons annually.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Diversified miner Glencore's Peruvian subsidiary Antapaccay has completed the access agreements required for the last blocks of land to unlock the brownfield Coroccohuayco copper project in Espinar, Cusco.

The project team will now work towards securing the final permits to enable first production, which is expected in the second half of 2029. Coroccohuayco is projected to significantly increase Antapaccay’s life of mine and future copper production.]]></description>
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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>
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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>
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            <title>Lithium Africa receives sizable funding offers for Northern Cape project</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/lithium-africa-receives-sizable-funding-offers-for-northern-cape-project-2026-10-20</link>
            <description><![CDATA[TSX-V-listed Lithium Africa has received two nonbinding offers from entities to finance the development of its Springbok lithium project, in the Northern Cape. The offers include a prepayment facility with offtake from a major international commodity trading house for 100% of the project’s spodumene concentrate in its first three years of production and a $60-million investment from a lithium processing company backed by a Fortune Global 500 group for a 55% interest in Lithium Africa’s holding in this project.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <title>Fortescue demonstrates effectiveness of world's first arsenic removal tech for copper</title>
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            <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>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:58:00 +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>
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            <title>DRDGOLD production up 10%, operating profit up 42%, free cash inflow R725m</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Gold tailings mining company DRDGOLD has reported a strong start to its 2027 financial year (FY27), with higher gold production, improved yields and stronger operating profit for the quarter ended September 30. Gold production increased despite a 5% reduction in tonnage throughput to 6.2-million tonnes. Revenue increased by 31%, supported by a 14% increase in gold sold and a 14% improvement in the average rand gold price received.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Gamsberg Phase II expansion doubles zinc ore capacity</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The R10-billion Gamsberg Phase II expansion of Vedanta Zinc International (VZI), the Southern African zinc business of Vedanta Limited, was officially opened by President Cyril Ramaphosa on October 16. Located in the Namakwa Special Economic Zone (SEZ), in the Northern Cape, the expansion doubles the zinc mine's output and is one of the largest mining investments in South Africa in the past decade.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:54:00 +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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            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Deep Yellow pushes out FID on Tumas uranium project in Namibia</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/deep-yellow-pushes-out-fid-on-tumas-uranium-project-in-namibia-2026-10-16</link>
            <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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            <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[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>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Peabody Energy's Powder River Mining unit said no miners were injured after workers were evacuated from part of its North Antelope Rochelle mine in Wyoming following an MSHA imminent danger order.

The order, issued on July 9, stemmed from concerns that loose material could fall from a highwall onto an active haul road used by mine vehicles.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Gold miner Harmony Gold Mining Company has appointed Alwyn Pretorius and James Boardman as independent nonexecutive directors effective October 15. The board says it is satisfied that they meet the applicable independence requirements for directors.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
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