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            <title>Sibanye-Stillwater developing seven primary platinum metals mining projects</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Seven relatively shallow primary adjoining mining projects that focus largely on upper group two (UG2) reef and mainly mechanised mining are at various stages of development within the South African Platinum Group Metals (PGM) portfolio of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Sibanye-Stillwater. Demonstrated by Sibanye-Stillwater executive VP head of projects Ralph Lombard was that these projects are higher-margin projects of low capital intensity, with most of them brownfield extensions. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>PLATINUM GROUP METALS</category>
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            <title>Fortescue served with class action alleging sexual harassment, discrimination</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Iron-ore major Fortescue on Monday confirmed it had been served with a class action on behalf of current and former female employees alleging sexual harassment and sex discrimination.]]></description>
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            <title>BHP gets approval to start $15bn copper expansion in Chile</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[BHP Group has received its first major environmental approval for the expansion of its Escondida copper mine in Chile, enabling a tranche of work worth as much as $14.7-billion to start.

The country’s Antofagasta Environmental Assessment Commission has approved early stage works involving sulphide leaching and electricity upgrades, a BHP spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
            <category>COPPER</category>
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            <title>First phase of Sibanye-Stillwater’s secondary mining thrust given thumbs up</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/first-phase-of-sibanye-stillwaters-secondary-mining-thrust-given-thumbs-up-2026-07-08</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A lower-risk secondary mining business, which focuses on extracting value from platinum group metals (PGM) surface waste that hosts chrome, is being built by the South Africa PGM Operations of Sibanye-Stillwater. The opportunity lies in unlocking PGM and chrome value from the large, accessible upper group two (UG2) tailings resources on surface.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>PLATINUM GROUP METALS</category>
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            <title>Rio Tinto concludes partnership in Sovereign’s Malawi project </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Diversified miner Rio Tinto has notified Aim- and ASX-listed Sovereign Metals that it will not exercise its option to elect to become operator of the Kasiya rutile/graphite project, in Malawi, pursuant to the terms of an investment agreement between the companies. Therefore, Sovereign will continue as operator and will advance Kasiya directly.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
            <category>GRAPHITE</category>
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            <title>New Zealand backs two minerals projects with up to NZ$50 million</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[New Zealand will provide up to NZ$50-million ($31-million) to two West Coast projects that expand processing capacity for critical minerals used in advanced manufacturing and clean-energy technologies, the government said on Monday.

The funding comes as Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's government pushes to double minerals exports to NZ$3-billion by 2035 to help lift economic growth.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>CRITICAL MINERALS</category>
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            <title>Australia's Ioneer signs MoUs with South Korean firms for lithium-boron project</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Australian lithium miner Ioneer said on Wednesday that it has signed separate non-binding memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with South Korea's Korea Overseas Infrastructure & Urban Development Corporation (KIND) and Hyundai Engineering to help advance its Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project.

Under the MoUs, KIND is considering an equity investment in the project, and Hyundai Engineering is evaluating the provision of certain procurement-related activities for the project.]]></description>
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            <category>LITHIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>BHP awards $138m contract to Chinese firm for South Australian expansion project</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/bhp-awards-138m-contract-to-chinese-firm-for-south-australian-expansion-project-2026-07-08</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Mining major BHP on Wednesday awarded a contract worth more than A$200-million ($138.8-million) to China Nerin Engineering to design and supply key processing facilities in South Australia.

The contract is a part of BHP's proposed smelter and refinery expansion project in South Australia, the company said]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>COPPER</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>De Beers makes deep diamond price cuts for shrinking buyers club</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/de-beers-makes-deep-diamond-price-cuts-for-shrinking-buyers-club-2026-07-07</link>
            <description><![CDATA[De Beers has made some of the deepest ever cuts to its official diamond prices, potentially signaling an end to its years-long campaign to hold them well above the market rate. The cuts come at the company’s first sale since dramatically reducing the number of its handpicked buyers, a strategy it sees as key to funneling more diamonds to its strongest customers. That commercial shift came as a pullback in Chinese luxury spending and the rising popularity of synthetic stones fueled one of the industry’s worst and most prolonged crises.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
            <category>DIAMONDS</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <editor>  Bloomberg</editor>
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            <title>JPMorgan sees $4 500 gold price in fourth quarter, says risks to downside</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/jpmorgan-sees-4-500-gold-price-in-fourth-quarter-says-risks-to-downside-2026-07-06</link>
            <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>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>GOLD</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Vale chairperson Stieler resigns</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Brazilian miner Vale said on Monday chairman Daniel Andre Stieler resigned from the role and from his seat on the board of directors, effective immediately.

The resignation came after pension fund Previ pushed Vale to call a shareholder meeting to vote on his removal. The meeting was scheduled for July 22.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>DIVERSIFIED MINERS</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Chile's Novandino Litio seeks enviro approval for $3bn Atacama lithium project</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/chiles-novandino-litio-seeks-enviro-approval-for-3bn-atacama-lithium-project-2026-07-06</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Novandino Litio, the joint venture between Chilean lithium producer SQM and State-owned copper miner Codelco, filed for environmental approval on Friday for a $3-billion project aimed at extending lithium production in the Atacama salt flat until 2060, a regulatory filing showed.

The "Operational Continuity and Future Mining Development Project in the Atacama Salt Flat" is part of the SQM-Codelco partnership, forged under Chile's plan to boost state involvement in the lithium sector, a critical source of battery materials for electric vehicles.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>LITHIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:41:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>US Defence Agency seeks to buy up to $300m of lithium</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The US Department of Defense is buying lithium for its strategic stockpiles as the nation ramps up efforts to reduce supply risks for critical minerals.

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is seeking offers for almost 36-million pounds, about 16 000 tons, of battery-grade lithium carbonate over the next five years in a contract worth as much as $300-million, according to a tender document published on a US government website dated July 2.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
            <category>LITHIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <editor>  Bloomberg</editor>
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            <title>Deep Sea Minerals partners with US autonomous underwater exploration tech company</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/deep-sea-minerals-partners-with-us-autonomous-underwater-exploration-tech-company-2026-07-07</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Canadian seabed explorer Deep Sea Minerals Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding with a US-based marine technology company called Impossible Metals, which is developing autonomous underwater robotic systems for the selective collection of polymetallic nodules. The companies will collaborate on the potential deployment and evaluation of Impossible Metals' technology within Deep Sea Minerals' prospective exploration licence areas, if and as such licences are awarded.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 10:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Australia's Genesis lobs $3.9bn bid for Vault as M&amp;A frenzy builds</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/australias-genesis-lobs-39bn-bid-for-vault-as-ma-frenzy-builds-2026-07-06</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Genesis Minerals has lobbed a bid worth about A$5.6-billion ($3.9-billion) for Vault Minerals, topping an existing offer from Regis Resources, as surging gold prices fuel a consolidation wave in Australia's mining sector.

The combination would create one of the country's largest gold producers with a market value of A$12.6-billion and an annual production capacity of up to 700 000 oz.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>GOLD</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Mintek keen to do bottleneck-exposing surveys for platinum metals processors </title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/mintek-keen-to-do-bottleneck-exposing-surveys-for-platinum-group-metals-processors-2026-07-07</link>
            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s national minerals research organisation Mintek has highlighted the value of conducting bottleneck-exposing comminution circuit surveys at platinum group metals (PGM) processing operations and made it clear that it is at-the-ready to answer all questions relating to peak performance and plant optimisation. The aim of Mintek’s comminution circuit surveys is to arrive at advantageous process performance by unlocking hidden opportunities of process improvement in PGM processing plants. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>PLATINUM GROUP METALS</category>
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            <title>Mintek spells out value of PGM preconcentration plus chrome recovery</title>
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            <title>Prospecting licences renewed, drilling under way for Power Metal’s Botswana project</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Aim-listed Power Metal Resources says drilling has begun as part of a 1 600 m core drilling programme targeting an initial five high-interest geological and geophysical targets on the eastern feeder zone to the Molopo Farms Igneous Complex. The company is targeting a district-scale nickel and platinum group element discovery at its Molopo Farms complex project, in south-western Botswana.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <title>Teck to receive up to $400m Canadian investment for germanium, gallium, antimony scale-up</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/teck-to-receive-up-to-400m-canadian-investment-for-germanium-gallium-antimony-scale-up-2026-07-08</link>
            <description><![CDATA[TSX- and NYSE-listed Teck Resources, Natural Resources Canada and Canada Growth Fund (CGF) have signed a strategic investment agreement to support expanding production capacity for germanium, gallium and antimony at Teck's Trail Operations, which is a smelting and refining complex in British Columbia.

In fact, Trail is one of the world's largest fully integrated polymetallic smelting and refining complexes, producing nineteen different products. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>CRITICAL MINERALS</category>
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            <title>Congo cobalt exporters fear losing quotas due to administrative glitch, sources say</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/congo-cobalt-exporters-fear-losing-quotas-due-to-administrative-glitch-sources-say-2026-07-06</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Major cobalt producers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) risk losing some of their first-half export quotas due to an administrative glitch affecting a customs platform, according to industry officials and a letter seen by Reuters. Due to new directives withdrawing unused quotas, the disruption threatens exports of the battery metal from leading global producers and could result in as much as 20,000 metric tons of missed shipments worth $1.1-billion at current prices, one industry source estimated.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>COBALT</category>
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            <title>Congo sees no major threat from Middle East crisis to copper, cobalt output</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/congo-sees-no-major-threat-from-middle-east-crisis-to-copper-cobalt-output-2026-07-06</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Democratic Republic of Congo does not expect significant disruptions to copper and cobalt production this year due to chemical supply constraints stemming from conflict in the Middle East, a senior mining official told Reuters. The US-Iran conflict that broke out on February 28 and has largely drawn to a halt after last month's interim peace treaty, has disrupted sulphuric acid supplies, an essential input for copper and cobalt production.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>CHEMICALS</category>
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            <title>Weaker commodity prices set to tip Australia into trade deficit</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/weaker-commodity-prices-set-to-tip-australia-into-trade-deficit-2026-07-06</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The boost to Australia’s trade from the mining boom looks to be fading as imports soar and export growth flatlines, potentially putting it on track for the first annual deficit since 2016.

The goods trade surplus so far this year slumped as imports of fuel and equipment for a data center bonanza surged, while exports stagnate.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
            <category>MINING ECONOMY</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Public engager Resource Works lauds latest Canadian natural resource investments</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/public-engager-resource-works-lauds-latest-canadian-natural-resource-investments-2026-07-06</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Canadian public engagement organisation Resource Works has welcomed the Canada-British Columbia Cooperative Prosperity Agreement signed on July 2 by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier David Eby, calling the deal the most significant federal commitment to British Columbia’s resource economy in a generation.

The deal intended to unlock more than $200-billion in new investment. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>CRITICAL MINERALS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:08:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Kamoa-Kakula’s second-quarter output reached 64 328 t of copper – Ivanhoe</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/kamoa-kakulas-second-quarter-output-reached-64-328-t-of-copper-ivanhoe-2026-07-08</link>
            <description><![CDATA[TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines has reported that Kamoa-Kakula, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, produced 64 328 t of copper in the second quarter of this year, while improved mining rates and destocking of copper inventories are set to significantly boost copper production for the second half of the year. During the second quarter, the Phase 1, 2, and 3 concentrators milled 2.97-million tonnes of ore, producing 61 134 t of copper in concentrate.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
            <category>COPPER</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Poland's KGHM is exploring acquisition possibilities outside Europe, CEO says</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/polands-kghm-is-exploring-acquisition-possibilities-outside-europe-ceo-says-2026-07-06</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Poland's state-controlled copper and silver miner KGHM is exploring potential acquisition opportunities outside Europe under its new strategy, including projects in Morocco, Argentina, Canada and the United States, CE Remigiusz Paszkiewicz said on Monday. Overseas assets generated about 48% of KGHM's core profit in 2025, driven by production at its 55%-owned Sierra Gorda mine in Chile and the Robinson mine in Nevada.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>GOLD &amp; SILVER</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Magna Mining raises C$120m from private placement, gains major shareholder</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/magna-mining-raises-c120m-from-private-placement-gains-major-shareholder-2026-07-06</link>
            <description><![CDATA[TSX-listed Magna Mining has announced a private placement with Latin American miner Alpayana to purchase 62-million common shares at a price of C$2.25 apiece, raising C$140-million.

Alpayana will hold 19.9% of Magna's issued share capital upon closing of the placement. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>BASE METALS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Australian miners collaborate to identify Chilean copper opportunities</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/australian-miners-collaborate-to-identify-chilean-copper-opportunities-2026-07-09</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Australian miners Freehill Mining and Austral Gold have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at fast-tracking Freehill's move into copper. Freehill will work with Austral to identify new opportunities with a focus on copper, with Freehill already being optioned in two copper projects in Chile.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>COPPER</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Phase 3 drilling programme at Prospect’s Zambia project on schedule</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/phase-3-drilling-programme-at-prospects-zambia-project-on-schedule-2026-07-07</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The overall Phase 3 exploration programme at ASX-listed Prospect Resources’ Mumbezhi copper project, in Zambia, is progressing to schedule and budget, with MD and CEO Sam Hosack reporting that about 20% of the planned diamond drilling and about 35% of the budgeted aircore drilling has been completed. Diamond drilling is being undertaken at the southern end of the flagship Nyungu Central deposit, where ten resource extension holes have been completed, with copper mineralisation visually observed in several holes outside existing defined mineral resources.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
            <category>COPPER</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Persistence Gold to acquire nearly 21% stake in GoldStone</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Aim-listed GoldStone Resources has entered into a subscription agreement with Hong Kong-listed mining and investment company Persistence Gold Group pursuant to which Persistence has agreed to subscribe for 351.59-million new ordinary shares in the company at a price of 1p per subscription share. The subscription will raise gross proceeds of £3.51-million for GoldStone. ]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
            <category>GOLD</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/victory-metals-ships-heavy-rare-earth-concentrate-samples-to-potential-offtake-partners-2026-07-09</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed Victory Metals has successfully dispatched heavy rare earth concentrate to potential offtake partners in Australia, Japan and the US for independent product examination.

The company operates a flotation pilot plant, in Perth, which continues to deliver heavy rare earth-enriched concentrate under continuous operating conditions at ambient temperatures. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>RARE EARTHS</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Gold and exploration company Namib Minerals has announced a series of board and executive leadership appointments to strengthen oversight and reinforce financial leadership to support the company’s next phase of growth, including the planned restart of the Redwing mine, in Zimbabwe, and the execution of its development financing strategy. In addition to serving the company as CEO, Tulani Sikwila has been appointed as chairperson, while businessperson Wendy Luhabe has been appointed independent nonexecutive director and lead independent director and Sphe Mchunu CFO.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Hundreds of workers at BHP's Port Hedland iron-ore operations in Western Australia could walk off the job next week, in what would mark the biggest industrial action there in decades, potentially disrupting $80-million of daily revenue for BHP.

The unions have called for the action, an eight-hour work stoppage set for July 16, after six months of negotiations that have failed to reach an agreement on terms for a four-year labour deal. The action is set to run from 2 pm to 10 pm (06:00 to 14:00 GMT).]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed Viridis Mining & Minerals has upgraded the mineral resource estimate (MRE) of its Colossus rare earths project, in Brazil, following targeted infill drilling. The measured and indicated MRE of the project is now an industry-leading 305-million tonnes grading 2 723 parts per million (ppm) of total rare earth oxides (TREO) and 659 ppm of TREO, respectively.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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