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        <description><![CDATA[Mining Weekly Australasia provides an overview of Australia’s mining industry. Focussing on  Australian mining companies and new explorers active in Africa, highlighting latest projects &#38; challenges faced by Australian companies currently under way]]></description>
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            <title>Fortescue accelerates rollout of large-scale green energy grid in Pilbara</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Iron-ore major Fortescue is accelerating the development of what it says will be the world’s first fully integrated, large-scale green energy grid for heavy industry, as part of its push to eliminate fossil fuels from its Pilbara operations.

The company on Friday confirmed that deployment of the off-grid renewable system is under way, with the project designed to power mining, processing, rail and port infrastructure entirely with green energy.]]></description>
            <author>Mariaan Webb</author>
            <category>RENEWABLE ENERGY</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Australia's Whitehaven secures $600m loan</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Australia's Whitehaven Coal said on Friday it had secured $600-million in new bank financing to repay part of its existing $1.1-billion acquisition loan tied to its purchase of BHP's Queensland coal mines, among other debt.

The financing is a senior secured syndicated facility comprising a $475-million term loan and a $125-million revolving credit facility, the company said.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Prominent US-listed lithium miner to emerge from Jindalee, investment firm merger </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed Jindalee Lithium subsidiary HiTech Minerals and Constellation Acquisition Corporation have entered into a definitive business combination agreement that will result in the common shares of US Elemental being listed on Nasdaq.

The transaction is poised to created a US-listed lithium development development, expanding access to US institutional investors and capital to support continued technical advancement and development of assets currently owned by HiTech. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>LITHIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Australia delays publishing of resources, energy outlook for the first time</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Australia's quarterly resources and energy outlook has been delayed for the first time owing to &#34;extreme volatility&#34; caused by the US-Israel war against Iran, which is rendering forecasts out of date, a government spokesperson told Reuters on April 10.

The delay comes as Australia's government faces growing calls for a windfall tax on liquefied natural gas (LNG) export profits while some miners struggle to secure diesel supplies.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>American Rare Earths to keep initial pilot plant processing for Halleck Creek in Wyoming</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Australia-listed critical minerals company American Rare Earths has further defined an execution plan for pilot plant processing for its Halleck Creek project, in Wyoming, in the US. The pilot plant programme has been structured in three stages – milling and sizing; mineral separation and concentration; and leaching, impurity removal and oxide refining. The first two stages will be undertaken in Wyoming and the final stage in Saskatchewan, Canada.]]></description>
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            <category>RARE EARTHS</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:07:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>OR Royalties now screening all new deals for ESG-related risk factors </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[TSX- and NYSE-listed OR Royalties maintains leading positions with environment, social and governance (ESG) ratings agencies, including US-based firms Institutional Shareholder Services and MSCI. 

The company outlines in its latest sustainability report for 2025, called ‘Growing Responsibly’, how 2025 marked the start of the company implementing a formal climate change policy to integrate climate risks and opportunities into investment decision-making. 
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            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>PRECIOUS METALS </category>
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            <title>Predictive, Robex advise trade stop and start dates </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed gold producers Predictive Discovery and Robex Resources have published a detailed merger implementation timetable following confirmation earlier in the week that their merger will be effective from April 15. 

The companies announced on April 8 that all conditions precedent were satisfied or waived in respect of the merger, paving the way for the unconditional transaction. 
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            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>GOLD</category>
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            <title>EITI Mozambique mulling integration of G-Factor for Natural Resources </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Coordinating Committee of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Mozambique has confirmed that integrating the “G-Factor for Natural Resources” – an indicator which reveals the percentage of natural resource revenue paid to the government – is under consideration as a new transparency indicator to be adopted and disclosed by companies in the extractive sector. Initially introduced in 2021 by miner Gemfields, the parent company of Montepuez Ruby Mining (MRM), the measure intends to promote greater transparency and accountability among companies responsible for extracting natural resources wealth.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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