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        <description><![CDATA[The latest mining world news and project information from South America, highlighting the latest news on key projects on the continent and will provide insight into different countries’ mining industries]]></description>
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            <title>Gold Fields reports strong interim performance, but Ghana lease renewal causes consternation  </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Miner Gold Fields achieved a strong performance for the six months ended June 30, with sales volumes having increased by 18% year-on-year to 1.27-million ounces of gold, supported by a higher average realised gold price of $4 678/oz, which resulted in adjusted free cash flow more than doubling to $2.23-billion from $925-million in the first half of 2025. “This gave us the platform to strengthen our balance sheet further, continue investing in the long-term growth and resilience of our business, while delivering upper-quartile shareholder returns,” CEO Mike Fraser says.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <title>Master Drilling to focus on improving fleet use, consolidating its revenue based after ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Specialised drilling services company Master Drilling has posted strong results for the six months ended June 30, with group revenue having increased by 17% year-on-year to $155.8-million and operating profit remaining stable at $26.2-million. Headline earnings per share increased by 16.7% year-on-year to $0.11 in dollar terms, and by 4.1% year-on-year to 183.9c in rand terms.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <title>Jindalee, subsidiary investigate magnesium potential at McDermitt further </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed Jindalee Lithium subsidiary HiTech Minerals has successfully produced high-grade magnesium oxide from the McDermitt lithium project, in Oregon, ahead of its merger with Constellation Acquisition Corporation - as a special purpose acquisition company for investment firm Antarctica Capital. Upon completion of the merger, McDermitt will be held by newly formed US lithium development company US Elemental focused on advancing large-scale domestic lithium resources.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>LITIHUM &amp; MAGNESIUM</category>
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            <title>Comstock becomes fully fledged recycler, clean energy company after selling mine assets to Mackay </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[NYSE-listed specialised metals recycler Comstock has closed the sale of all its mining assets in the historic Comstock Lode district of Nevada to TSX-V-listed Mackay Gold & Silver Corporation subsidiary Mackay Precious Metals for $45-million.

Comstock has received $20-million of the consideration in cash and two-million common shares in Mackay Gold & Silver, valued at about $4.5-million, to which Comstock expects to record a gain in a range of about $10-million to $12-million. Another $7-million payment is due within 18 months. 
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            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>GOLD &amp; SILVER</category>
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            <title>McEwen COO retires, three VPs take over</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[TSX- and NYSE-listed gold, copper and silver developer McEwen has announced the retirement of COO William Shaver and new key appointments to propel the company forward. Shaver will continue to serve on the board of directors of McEwen Copper, which is 46.3% owned by McEwen.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <title>Independent report confirms major rare earths potential, viable hybrid mining at Greenland ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[An independent technical report on Nasdaq-listed Greenland Mines' Sarfartoq rare earths project has confirmed its high-grade resource potential for neodymium and praseodymium (NdPr), dysprosium and terbium, which positions Sarfartoq as a potential cornerstone Western alternative supply to Chinese rare earths. The independent report, which confirms 40 700 t of contained NdPr in the indicated and inferred mineral resource categories, was prepared by Tetra Tech Canada and GeoSim Services.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>RARE EARTHS</category>
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            <title>FireFly to raise A$180m backed by solid Green Bay PEA </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ASX- and TSX-listed FireFly Metals has cemented a strong financial position with a new A$180-million Australian institutional placement and Canadian bought deal financing which it intends to use for advancing the Green Bay copper/gold project, in Canada. The company will issue about 101-million fully paid ordinary shares at a price of A$1.78, or C$1.76, apiece.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>COPPER &amp; GOLD</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:32:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Lithium Argentina secures $180m funding from JV partner Ganfeng </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[TSX- and NYSE-listed Lithium Argentina has secured an investment of $180-million from the world's largest lithium metals producer Ganfeng Lithium Group, with the companies having entered into definitive agreements to finalise a joint venture (JV) on and consolidation of the Pozuelos-Pastos Grandes (PPG) projects, in Argentina.

The investment comprises a six-year unsecured convertible note with a 4% coupon and is convertible into Lithium Argentina shares at a price of $12.50 apiece. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>LITHIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Ivanhoe gets $1.1bn US EXIM support for Arizona copper project</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[US minerals explorer Ivanhoe Electric said on Monday it had received a preliminary project letter from the US Export-Import Bank (EXIM) for potential debt financing of $1.1-billion to develop its Santa Cruz copper project in Arizona.

The Santa Cruz project is one of Ivanhoe Electric's key assets as the US seeks to boost domestic supplies of copper and reduce reliance on imports.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:09:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Alcoa breaks ground at new gallium plant in Australia</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/alcoa-breaks-ground-at-new-gallium-plant-in-australia-2026-08-24</link>
            <description><![CDATA[NYSE- and ASX-listed Alcoa Corporation has broken ground at its gallium production plant, in Western Australia, with prominent government officials such as Australian Minister for Industry and Innovation Tim Ayres, Western Australian Minister for State Development David Michael and Australian Minister for Resources Madeleine King having attended the ceremony.

The groundbreaking ceremony marks the start of construction at the new facility co-located at Alcoa's Wagerup alimina refinery.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>GALLIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Phoenix Copper tasks experts to update US-based Empire PFS, MRE </title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/phoenix-copper-tasks-experts-to-update-us-based-empire-pfs-mre-2026-08-24</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Aim-listed Phoenix Copper has appointed consultancy Hardrock Consulting, metallurgist Deepak Molhatra and Valley Science and Engineering to update the Empire prefeasibility study (PFS), as well as its openpit mineral resources and reserves.

The updated PFS, which Phoenix expects by the end of the year, will provide a framework for future workstreams, including final feasibility engineering and an updated plan of operations. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>US refiners face historic stress test as global crisis looms, Reuters columnist says </title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/us-refiners-face-historic-stress-test-as-global-crisis-looms-reuters-columnist-says-2026-08-24</link>
            <description><![CDATA[US refineries have operated near maximum capacity for the longest sustained period in over a quarter century,scrambling to capture windfall profits created by the Iran war. But history offers a cautionary tale: “Super refining” runs that push plants too hard can cause major failures.

This has global implications. US refineries’ ability to sustain today’s elevated operating rates for months, or potentially years, could mean the difference between an exceptionally tight global fuel market and a full-blown supply crisis marked by acute shortages, demand destruction and widespread economic pain.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>OIL &amp; GAS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Bunker Hill Mining merges with Silver47 to create major US silver producer</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[TSX-listed Bunker Hill Mining Corporation has entered into a definitive arrangement agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of TSX-V-listed Silver47 Exploration Corporation .

Once merger, the company will change its name to "Bunker Hill Silver Corporation" and remain listed on TSX.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>London-based Vast Resources admitted to industrial base-focused US consortia </title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/london-based-vast-resources-admitted-to-industrial-base-focused-us-consortia-2026-08-24</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Aim-listed copper, gold and silver producer Vast Resources has been admitted as a member of the US Defence Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC) and the Cornerstone Consortium.

DIBC is a US Department of Defence-supported initiative managed by Advanced Technology International. In turn, Cornerstone is the only US government-managed 'other transaction agreement' consortium within the Department of Defence to strengthen US manufacturing and the defence industrial base. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>COPPER &amp; GOLD</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Global trade association AED says US-Canada spat can be detrimental for equipment suppliers</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/global-trade-association-aed-says-us-canada-spat-can-be-detrimental-for-equipment-suppliers-2026-08-24</link>
            <description><![CDATA[International trade association Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) says it is disappointed that the US and Canada could not come to a trade agreement during recent negotiations.

AED's stance is to support free and fair trade in North America as the best means for achieving economic prosperity and growth in the sectors that AED's members work in. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>MINING ECONOMY</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>MMG confirms restart of operations at Las Bambas copper mine in Peru</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/mmg-confirms-restart-of-operations-at-las-bambas-copper-mine-in-peru-2026-08-24</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Hong Kong-listed MMG confirmed on Monday it had restarted operations for its mine and process plant at its Las Bambas operations in Peru from August 21.

Operations at the Las Bambas copper mine had been temporarily suspended since August 19 after an accident on the previous day killed two workers and injured three others. Peru's labor watchdog launched an investigation into the incident.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:09:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Goldman says options demand could push gold beyond $4 900 forecast</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/goldman-says-options-demand-could-push-gold-beyond-4-900-forecast-2026-08-21</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Gold prices could surge past Goldman Sachs's $4 900 year-end forecast, as surging demand for bullish gold options may amplify further gains, the bank said in a note on Friday. The bank said a further pickup in Western investor demand, combined with continued strong central bank buying, could push bullion toward key option strike levels, where dealer hedging may mechanically accelerate price moves.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>GOLD</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Zinc hits four-year peak on supply fears and speculators</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/zinc-hits-four-year-peak-on-supply-fears-and-speculators-2026-08-21</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Prices of zinc in London hit their highest in more than four years on Friday as the accumulation of stocks in China, the world's biggest metals consumer, drove concerns about shortages elsewhere, leading to speculative buying. Benchmark zinc on the London Metal Exchange CMZN3 hit $3,823.85 a metric ton on Friday, its strongest since June 2022.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Canada- and Frankfurt-listed North American Nobium & Critical Minerals Corporation (NIOB) has expanded its upcoming maiden diamond drill programme in Québec to the Bardy SE, Sabot and Miskam properties, after receiving authorisations for impact-causing exploration work.  

NIOB CEO Murray Nye says the company has officially expanded its 2026 drill programme by 3 500 m to 8 500 m across six properties - Seigneurie, Bardy, Blanchette, Bardy SE, Sabot, and Miskam. ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Canadian rare earths refiner Ucore Rare Metals has produced a high-purity (99.5%) neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr) sample from two different feedstocks at its commercialisation and demonstration facility, in Kingston, Ontario, for ongoing and planned customer qualifications. Ucore has demonstrated the technical ability to create a pure material from two feedstock separate sources - ionic clay and bastnaesite - which have widely varying rare earth element compositions.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <title>US Department of Energy considers up to $100m grant for Nth Cycle black mass refinery </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[US-based critical minerals midstream refining company Nth Cycle has been selected by the US Department of Energy to enter into award negotiations for up to $100-million to develop and construct a commercial-scale black mass refining facility in the southeast of the country.

The facility will one of the first US-based commercial-scale black mass refineries - black mass is the material created from shredding spent lithium-ion batteries. ]]></description>
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            <category>LITHIUM &amp; NICKEL</category>
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            <title>Lithium Ionic adds lithium stalwart Ortega to board </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[TSX-V-listed Lithium Ionic has appointed two new independent directors John Turner and Ernie Ortiz Ortega.

The company says these appointments strengthen the board's governance, legal, mining transaction and lithium capital markets expertise as it advances development of the Bandeira project, in Brazil, toward construction readiness and production. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>LITHIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Electra Battery Materials secures Glencore feedstock for new Canadian cobalt refinery</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/electra-battery-materials-secures-glencore-feedstock-for-new-canadian-cobalt-refinery-2026-08-21</link>
            <description><![CDATA[With Nasdaq-listed Electra Battery Materials' cobalt sulphate refinery taking shape in Ontario, the company confirms it has secured cobalt hydroxide feed from diversified miner Glencore through December 31, 2031.

The latest cobalt hydroxide feed purchase agreement signed between the companies on August 20 builds on a commercial relationship that started in 2021 and secures 100% of the feedstock required for the commissioning and ramp-up of the refinery, as well as its operations through to 2031. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>COBALT</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>MIT-spinout SiTration, BHP start trialling copper recovery from legacy mine water</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/mit-spinout-sitration-bhp-start-trialling-copper-recovery-from-legacy-mine-water-2026-08-21</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Further to Massachusetts Institute of Technology spinout SiTration and global miner BHP's initiative to trial valorisation technology in the historic Globe-Miami mining district of Arizona, the companies have announced two pilot deployments at BHP's Copper Cities site. Starting this month, SiTration and BHP will validate continuous and autonomous production of copper from legacy mining water over one month using an initial small-scale pilot plant. A larger deployment is planned for later this year to produce up to two tonnes of commercial-scale copper cathodes over a two-month period.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Canada-focused lithium miner Elevra gets price floor for supply deal</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/canada-focused-lithium-miner-elevra-gets-price-floor-for-supply-deal-2026-08-21</link>
            <description><![CDATA[North America-focused Elevra Lithium secured a price-floor structure in a deal to supply a new processing facility in Canada, as western countries seek to bolster their critical-mineral supply chains.

The Sydney-listed company will supply spodumene concentrate from its project in Québec to Mangrove Lithium’s planned conversion plant, according to a statement on Friday. The agreement provides a price floor set above the expected cost of production, but no ceiling, it said, without disclosing the sum.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
            <category>LITHIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Newmont appoints acknowledged finance veteran to board </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Global gold miner Newmont Corporation has appointed Peter Beaven to serve on the audit committee of its board. Beaven previously worked as group CFO at another global mining company, BHP, from 2015 to 2021 where he oversaw BHP's global finance function - including strategy, mergers and acquisitions, capital allocation, risk management and investor relations.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>GOLD &amp; BASE METALS</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:59:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Peru aims for $33bn mining pipeline as Fujimori cuts red tape</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/peru-aims-for-33bn-mining-pipeline-as-fujimori-cuts-red-tape-2026-08-21</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori's government expects mining investments of at least $33-billion over its five-year term, the Prime Minister said on Thursday, as the major copper-producing nation aims to speed up project approvals.

Prime Minister Luis Galarreta told Congress that the government under Fujimori, who took office in July, plans to authorize 240 exploration and extraction projects this year.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>MINING ECONOMY</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Canada says trade deal with US is 'very close,' more work needed</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Canada and the US are "very close" to agreeing a trade deal that could help reduce months of tariffs and counter duties but more work remains to be done, a top Canadian official said on Thursday.

Dominic LeBlanc, the Minister responsible for trade with the US, was speaking after he met US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Washington.]]></description>
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            <category>MINING ECONOMY</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed American Tungsten and Antimony's US subsidiary Trigg Minerals has been selected by the US Department of Energy (US DoE) for a potential financial award of up to $18-million. The US DoE has invited Trigg to start negotiating the scope and terms for the Advancing Smelting Capacity for Expansion and National Dominance in Antimony, or ASCEND,  project.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>ANTIMONY</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Canadian graphite developer Abasca confirms promising early economics for Loki </title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/canadian-graphite-developer-abasca-confirms-promising-early-economics-for-loki-2026-08-20</link>
            <description><![CDATA[TSX-V-listed Abasca Resources highlights in an independent preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the Loki flake graphite deposit, in Saskatchewan, the potential for a long-life 2 750 t a day openpit mining operation.

The PEA envisions a 19-year mine life, averaging production of 66 500 t/y of graphite concentrate - for 1.2-million tonnes of payable graphite over the life of mine. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>GRAPHITE</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Iron-ore trader Radiant World has laid off some operations staff as banks and counterparties retreat, cutting off the credit the Singapore-based firm needs to fund its trades, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

Earlier this month, a handful of back-office staff were laid off at Radiant's Dubai operation, the sources said, as the ramifications from a string of negative headlines around invoicing and document improprieties on its iron ore trades undermined the firm's ability to trade. They did not know the exact number of layoffs.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nasdaq-listed Critical Metals Corporation and ASX-listed European Lithium have announced an amendment to the previously fixed share scheme transaction ratio under its proposed merger deal, with the companies having entered into a second deed to amend the scheme implementation deed of May 19.

The parties agreed to move from a fixed ratio to a floating ratio within a defined range so that movements in the Critical Metals share price between signing and implementation of the merger are shared equitably between both parties’ shareholders.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>RARE EARTHS &amp; LITHIUM</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed rare earths developer Viridis Mining and Minerals has secured commitments for up to $120-million, or A$170-million, in strategic equity from global alternative investment manager OneIM and existing investors ORE Investments and Régia Capital and a select group of additional strategic investors. The placement provides substantial funding capacity to advance the company's Colossus project, in Brazil, from definitive feasibility study- (DFS-) stage to project execution.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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