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            <title>September inflation tightens squeeze on South African mining</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s headline consumer price inflation rose to 4.5% in September, from 4.4% in August, staying above the South African Reserve Bank’s 3% plus-minus 1% target range. September’s consumer price index data showed inflationary pressure on costs that impact mining, such as transport, fuel, electricity and water.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>SOUTH AFRICAN MINING</category>
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            <title>ADI Foundation, SAGINT to scale critical minerals traceability platform</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Abu Dhabi-based nonprofit blockchain organisation ADI Foundation and digital asset developer SAGINT have announced a global partnership to bring SAGINT's Digital Warehouse Receipt technology to ADI Chain, creating a verifiable digital record for critical minerals as they move from producers to warehouses, buyers and across borders. The partnership is designed to address one of the most persistent challenges in commodities trading: proving where a material came from, who has held it and who has control over it as it moves through the supply chain.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>CRITICAL MINERALS</category>
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            <title>Platinum and palladium receive yet another futures trading boost</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Platinum and palladium are among four precious metals included in new futures contracts launched in London, World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) reports, amid New York-listed Intercontinental Exchange's commencement of trading precious metals derivatives in London. Intercontinental Exchange's contracts, which also cover gold and silver, are linked to London's established daily benchmark price auctions and offer market participants an additional way to manage price exposure and risk. For platinum and palladium, the development could provide greater flexibility for investors and industrial users, although the impact on market liquidity will depend on trading activity and uptake, WPIC noted on LinkedIn.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>PLATINUM GROUP METALS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Canadian fed grants $193m to modernise two aluminium smelters </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[With Canada's Industry Minister Mélanie Joly having announced a $193-million investment for the aluminium sector under the Strategic Response Fund last week, federal department Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) says the two targeted projects will help maintain about 6 000 full-time jobs in Québec and across Canada, support 65 co-op student placements and strengthen collaborations with Canadian research institutions, post-secondary institutions and small- and medium-sized enterprises. The first investment comprises $164-million for Rio Tinto's aluminium value chain in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean as part of a $818-million strategy to strengthen production capacity and decarbonise the diversified miner's regional operations.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
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            <title>Iridium, ruthenium continue to outperform, Valterra Platinum reports</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Minor platinum group metals (PGMs), particularly iridium and ruthenium, are continuing to outperform, supported by robust demand from emerging technology applications, Valterra Platinum reported on Friday, October 23. The price Valterra realised for iridium in the three months ended September 30 was $7 720/oz, compared with $4 287/oz in the corresponding period of last year. The price realised for ruthenium in the quarter was $1 583/oz, compared with $799/oz in the third quarter of last year.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>PLATINUM GROUP METALS</category>
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            <title>Rainbow Rare Earths, Alcoa Corporation, Andrada Mining make headlines </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses Rainbow Rare Earths recent lab success; the sale of South Africa’s aluminium value chain assets to Alcoa Corporation; and Andrada Mining's quadrupled-plus gross profit.   ]]></description>
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            <title>Australia's Rio Tinto to invest $1.9bn in Queensland bauxite project</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Rio Tinto said on Friday it will invest $1.9-billion to develop the Kangwinan bauxite project in Queensland, Australia, replacing output from its ageing Andoom mine and lifting annual production capacity at its Weipa bauxite operations.

The miner said the investment would add 20-million tonnes of annual bauxite production in Weipa, with first output targeted in 2029 and full production expected by 2032.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <title>At least $100bn of investment for 134 new lithium mines is needed for 2050 demand</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To meet 2050 lithium demand, the equivalent of 134 new lithium mines will be needed, says supply chain researcher Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. This equates to a new mine every two months for the next 24 years, explains Benchmark Mineral Intelligence lithium product director Dr Cameron Perks.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>LITHIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Gold Fields' South Deep aligning mining with education to strengthen job pathways</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Gold Fields’ South Deep mine has signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with Sibanye-Stillwater, AngloGold Ashanti, Mienara, Phahama School of Specialisation and Westcol Technical and Vocational Education and Training College (WTVETC) to support a collaborative initiative aimed at addressing the growing gap between skills development and employment opportunities. The collaborative Siyakha Sonke initiative is South Deep mine's contribution to the Gold Fields group legacy programmes portfolio, a collection of long-term social investments designed to create sustainable opportunities and lasting benefits for host communities beyond the life of mining. Its programmes aim to strengthen community resilience, support sustainable development and promote long-term socioeconomic stability in host communities.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>MINING AND EDUCATION</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Namibia tin producer’s gross profit up fourfold on 80% revenue surge</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Namibia tin producer Andrada Mining on Wednesday, October 21, reported a quadrupled-plus gross profit and an 80% revenue surge. Supporting this high performance in the six months ended August 31 was a 13% increase in tin production and an effective 57% tin price increase to $52 131/t.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>DIVERSIFIED MINERS</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Incoming Northern Star CEO flags possibility of asset sales</title>
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            <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>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>
            <category>GOLD</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
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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>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>South African aluminium assets' sale to Alcoa on track, South32 reports</title>
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            <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>$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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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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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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            <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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            <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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            <description><![CDATA[Valterra Platinum is nearing a decision that’s likely to take the world’s largest platinum mine underground. Mogalakwena — half way along the road from South Africa’s capital Pretoria to the Zimbabwe border — is the company’s flagship asset, with more than eight decades of reserves remaining. But as ore grades decline in its open pits and mining the material becomes more expensive, Valterra is exploring deep beneath the surface.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Gold Fields' CEO played down speculation that the South African gold producer is going to raise its offer for Northern Star, saying the Australian target first needs to acknowledge that it is open to a merger.

Gold Fields has embarked on a long-planned road show in Australia this month, where CEO Mike Fraser is aiming to boost its profile with investors in the country which accounts for about half of its business.]]></description>
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