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        <description><![CDATA[An overview of aluminium and cobalt will also be incorporated, the prices and current and future market for these metals, as well as new products and technologies being used to extract and process base metals]]></description>
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            <title>AI can help fill South Africa’s cadastre with deposits, mine modernising event hears</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Instead of relying primarily on traditional geological interpretation, South Africa can turn to AI for help in the same way as has been done with huge success to discover Zambia’s biggest copper deposit in a 100 years, South Africa’s Mining Modernisation Showcase attendees heard. To achieve this success, KoBold Metals digitised 300 years of handwritten geology reports, taught geology to AI, used AI models to analyse the vast amounts of geological, geophysical, drilling and historical exploration data to predict where high-grade mineralisation was most likely to occur, and then drilled a hole.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>MINE MODERNISATION</category>
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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>
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            <title>Industry leaders, researchers, govt partners, innovators gather to modernise mining</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The future of modernisation in South African mining will not be forged by individual companies or institutions working in isolation but collectively by industry leaders, researchers, government partners, and innovators from across South Africa's mining community, who gathered on Thursday, July 23, for this shared purpose. “The modernisation of our mining industry is not a task any single organisation can undertake alone,” Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane emphasised at the council's upbeat Modernisation Showcase event undertaken in partnership with the Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS), the Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators' research unit within South Africa's Human Sciences Research (HSRC-CeSTII) Council, PwC's Smart Mining, the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation, and the National Advisory Council on Innovation. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <title>Brazil to provide $3.7bn in credit for firms hit by US tariffs</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Brazilian government announced 18.5-billion reais ($3.66-billion) in financing for companies hit by the new US tariffs valid as of Wednesday, adding the resources will also target firms hurt by international conflicts.

In a statement, the administration of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said 13.5-billion reais in credit will come from the Treasury, while State-run development bank BNDES will provide the remaining 5-billion reais.]]></description>
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            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Competition for water resources a risk to the global energy transition, warns ICMM</title>
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            <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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            <title>Cymat reaches official commercial agreement with Rio Tinto to take over aluminium composites ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ontario-based materials company Cymat Technologies has signed a commercial agreement with aluminium major Rio Tinto Alcan to facilitate the transfer of Rio Tinto's commercial customers of their proprietary aluminium metal matrix composites (MMC) business to Cymat. MMC is a ceramic particle-infused aluminium used primarily in the automotive and rail industries for lightweight components requiring extreme wear resistance.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Norsk Hydro tops Q2 profit view as higher prices offset Qatar hit</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro reported a quarterly core profit above market expectations on Wednesday, as higher aluminium prices and stronger recycling margins outweighed weaker energy output and adverse currency effects.

Hydro benefited from elevated aluminium prices and regional premiums caused by Middle East supply disruptions during the second quarter, although reduced output at its Qatalum joint venture limited the windfall.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Rio Tinto signs five-year bio pellet deal with SuperChar to cut alumina refinery emissions</title>
            <link>https://newsletter-mw.creamermedia.com/article/rio-tinto-signs-five-year-bio-pellet-deal-with-superchar-to-cut-alumina-refinery-emissions-2026-07-22</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Rio Tinto said on Wednesday it had signed a five-year deal with Australian bioenergy firm SuperChar to supply bio pellets to the miner's alumina refineries in Gladstone, supporting its shift toward cleaner energy sources.

Rio Tinto's 2025 gross Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions were 31.5-million tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent according to the annual report.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>ENVIRONMENT &amp; ALUMINA</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Metal producer Century Aluminum welcomes Trump's aluminium import incentive</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nasdaq-listed aluminium producer Century Aluminum Company has welcomed President Donald Trump’s latest executive order to incentivize investments that "make American manufacturing great again". Signed on July 21, Trump's executive order allows approved companies investing in new primary aluminium production in the US to import a commensurate amount of primary aluminium at a reduced tariff rate. The new tariff rate for such companies will now be half the otherwise applicable rate for such imports.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Trump says he signed proclamation to adjust tariffs on aluminum imports</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump said on Monday he signed a proclamation to adjust tariffs on imports of aluminum into the US, adding the domestic production of primary aluminum in the US was currently insufficient.

"In the (Commerce) Secretary's view, it is important to modify the aluminum tariff regime in a way to more effectively encourage increased domestic production of primary aluminum," Trump said in the proclamation released by the White House.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Alcoa greenlights Australia gallium plant with US, Japan and domestic backing</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Bauxite and aluminium producer Alcoa Corporation said on Tuesday it has reached a final investment decision to set up a gallium plant at its Wagerup alumina refinery in Western Australia, with backing from the Australian, Japanese and US governments and industry partners.

The US and Australian governments had said in October they would support Alcoa's expansion plans in the region, a few months after the company signed a joint development agreement with a venture between the Japanese government and Sojitz Corporation.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Aluminium supply shock revives long-idled Western smelters, Reuters says</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The supply shock caused by the Iran war is sparking old Western aluminium smelters back into life.

In the US, Magnitude 7 Metals is reactivating the New Madrid smelter in Missouri.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Japan Q3 aluminium premiums soar to highest since 2015 on Mideast supply squeeze</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Japanese aluminium buyers agreed to pay premiums of $395 a ton for shipments between July and September, the highest since 2015, as the US-Israeli war on Iran squeezed supply, five sources involved in the pricing talks said.

Japan is a major Asian importer of the light metal and the premiums for primary metal shipments it agrees to pay each quarter over the London Metal Exchange (LME) cash price serve as the regional benchmark.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>New South32 CEO sees strong growth ahead in zinc, lead, silver, copper</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Being a premier base metals-focused business with strong growth potential is the vision for South32 of new CEO Matt Daley. “We've got around 55% production growth over the next handful of years in the commodities that we particularly feel are strongly structurally positioned for really strong years ahead, those being zinc, lead, silver, and copper,” said an upbeat Daley who spoke to Mining Weekly after taking over the reins of South32 from outgoing Graham Kerr on July 1.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <title>Hillside Aluminium, Sibanye-Stillwater, DRDGOLD make headlines </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses South32’s conditional agreement to sell Hillside Aluminium to Alcoa; Sibanye-Stillwater calling for new longer-term platinum group metal applications; and DRDGOLD’s R8-billion internally funded capital programme.  ]]></description>
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            <title>South32 deal enabling Alcoa to surpass Rio as world’s biggest bauxite miner</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[With the acquisition of South32’s aluminium assets, Alcoa will surpass Rio Tinto to become the world's largest bauxite mining company on an equity-attributable production basis, with global share rising from 8.5% to 13%, Wood Mackenzie reported on Thursday, July 2. In addition to South Africa's Hillside Aluminium smelter and the idled Bayside smelter property in KwaZulu-Natal province, Alcoa will acquire South32’s interests in the Boddington bauxite mine and the Worsley alumina refinery in Western Australia; and the Mineração Rio do Norte bauxite mine and the Alumar alumina refinery and aluminium smelter in Brazil.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <title>Alcoa sees South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium being 'cash flow accretive immediately'</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[This asset adds scale to our smelting portfolio in a way that is expected to be cash flow accretive immediately, Alcoa Corporation President and CEO William (Bill) F Oplinger said of South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium smelting business during a conference call following the NYSE-listed company’s announcement of agreement to buy the aluminium-linked assets of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed South32. “We think we’re acquiring fantastic long-term assets at a really reasonable price,” Oplinger said during question time in reply to Citi Investment Research analyst Alex Hacking.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
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            <title>UAE's IHC, Adani plan $11bn aluminium project in India</title>
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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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            <title>Alcoa is well positioned to operate South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium, says Pillay</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As a global producer of materials across the aluminium value chain, Alcoa Corporation is well positioned to operate South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium business into the future, South32 COO Africa Noel Pillay stated categorically on Wednesday, July 1, when the diversified Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed mining company South32 announced the signing of a binding conditional agreement to sell Hillside Aluminium to New York-listed Alcoa for up to $5.6-billion. In addition to the Hillside aluminium smelter and the idled Bayside smelter property in South Africa, Alcoa will also acquire South32’s interests in Australia's Boddington bauxite mine and the Worsley alumina refinery, as well as the Mineração Rio do Norte bauxite mine and the Alumar alumina refinery and aluminium smelter in Brazil.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:09:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Norsk Hydro's Slovak aluminium smelter to partially restart production</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Norsk Hydro said on Wednesday its Slovalco aluminium joint venture had struck an agreement with the Slovak government to partially restart production after a four-year shutdown, with the deal including a new long-term power supply contract.

The pact paves the way for the restart of 75 000 t/y of smelting capacity, with production expected to resume in the fourth quarter of 2026, Hydro said.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>South32 to sell most of its aluminium assets to Alcoa Corporation for up to $5.6bn</title>
            <link>https://newsletter-mw.creamermedia.com/article/south32-to-sell-aluminium-assets-to-alcoa-corporation-for-up-to-56bn-2026-07-01</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Diversified miner South32 has signed a binding conditional agreement to sell its aluminium value chain assets, including its interest in Worsley Alumina, in Australia, and Hillside Aluminium, in South Africa, to NYSE- and ASX-listed Alcoa Corporation for up to $5.6-billion. South32's Mozal Aluminium operation, in Mozambique, is, however, excluded from the transaction. The operation remains on care and maintenance, with divestment under "active consideration".]]></description>
            <author>Chanel de Bruyn</author>
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            <title>EU aluminium scrap export curbs delayed until September, group and sources say</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The European Commission's plans to introduce measures to limit exports of aluminium scrap have been delayed until September, sector lobby group European Aluminium and other industry sources said.

European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic announced the plans for measures to restrict scrap exports last November, saying then that they should be adopted by spring 2026. One industry source said the measures had been delayed due to the difficulty of finding a balance between competing interests.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 08:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>US metal producers Brimstone, Century ink MoU to strengthen primary aluminium production</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[US-based alumina and other industrial materials company Brimstone has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the largest American primary aluminium producer, Century Aluminium, to establish a domestic mine-to-metal supply chain for primary aluminium production.

Under the agreement, Brimstone will supply Century with significant volumes of alumina—the key ingredient in aluminium—from its forthcoming plant, underscoring a shared commitment to strengthening national security through a reliable, US-based aluminium supply chain using American feedstock. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Woodside inks gas supply agreement with Alcoa Australia</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Woodside Energy agreed to supply domestic gas to aluminium producer Alcoa Corporation's Australian unit from 2027 to 2030, the Australian energy major said on Tuesday.

Under the deal, Woodside will supply 31.1 petajoules of domestic gas from its Western Australian operations to Alcoa's refineries.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>GAS &amp; ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Grid infrastructure requirements reshape base metals demand outlook to 2040 – WoodMac</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Research from consultancy Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac) finds that the base metals required to power the global data centre boom extend far beyond the servers, cooling units and enclosures inside these facilities. The consultancy highlights, in a media release, that when grid reinforcement, transmission networks and facility-level power systems are included, total system-level metals consumption reaches an estimated three to four times the volume implied by the asset itself.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
            <category>BASE METALS</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Alcoa flags lower Australian alumina shipments after cyclone</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[US-based bauxite, alumina, and aluminum producer Alcoa Corporation expects shipments from its Pinjarra alumina refinery in Australia to fall by around 120 000t in the second quarter compared to the first quarter, owing to the impact of Cyclone Narelle, the company's CFO said.

The cyclone, which hit Australia in March, disrupted liquefied natural gas supply to the 4.7-million ton a year capacity Pinjarra plant and increased second-quarter production costs by $30-million, Molly Beerman told the Wells Fargo Industrials & Materials Conference in Chicago on Wednesday.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>South Africa proposes extending auto incentives to battery materials</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa plans to add to its automotive incentive programme minerals used in the manufacturing of electric vehicle batteries to boost local EV production and support related supply chains. The government is reviewing its automotive policy to address the global shift toward electric and hybrid vehicles, tightening emissions rules and rising competition from low-cost imports, particularly from China and India.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Rio Tinto commits 30% more funds to Canadian communities</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[British-Australian multinational mining company Rio Tinto is increasing its yearly community investment commitment in Canada by 30% through the Rio Tinto Canada Fund (RTCF), bringing total yearly funding to C$13-million to support community-led initiatives across the country.

Rio Tinto mines and produces iron-ore, titanium dioxide, diamonds and aluminum across Canada.
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            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The phased rollout of the new online mining licensing system – the cadastre – is progressing steadily, with Western Cape applications being received and processed online, Parliament was informed on June 3 during the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources’ (DMPR's) National Council of Provinces (NCOP) Budget Vote 34. The migration from the old system to the new platform has been completed in the Western Cape, and the implementation is now progressing to other regions, Minerals and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe reported.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The strong ongoing investment demand for platinum is broadening to the minor platinum group metals (PGMs) such as ruthenium and iridium, SFA (Oxford) CEO Henk de Hoop pointed out on Wednesday June 3. Questioned by Mining Weekly on the prospect of platinum investment demand remaining strong, De Hoop noted that up to half of some of the ruthenium imports into China had been for investment purposes rather than industrial demand.]]></description>
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