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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>Polish investor Virtus sets up shop in Canada to recover base metals from mine dumps</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Warsaw-listed financial and investment company Virtus Group has set up offices in British Columbia to help recover metals from post-mining and armament waste using a unique technology. The company aims to build a portfolio of projects within six months and list on the TSX-V.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>BASE METALS</category>
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            <title>Fertiliser maker Intrepid Potash awarded $139m US funding for planned sulphate of potash project</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[NYSE-listed potash developer Intrepid Potash has been selected for US Department of Agriculture funding of $139-million for construction of its planned sulphate of potash (SoP) project, including a manufacturing facility in New Mexico. The funding is facilitated through the department's Fertilizer Investment and Expansion for Long-Term Domestic Supply programme.]]></description>
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            <title>Central Asia Metals completes acquisition of Cygnus, adds former Cygnus MD to board </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Aim- and now TSX-listed Central Asia Metals has concluded its acquisition of Cygnus Metals, which adds the Chibougamau copper/gold project to the enlarged Central Asia Metals group.

Cygnus shareholders were entitled to receive 0.06 new Central Asia Metals shares for each Cygnus share held. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>GOLD &amp; COPPER</category>
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            <title>Scrap recycler HyProMag outlines three-plant scenario to increase rare earth magnet output ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[TSX-V- and Aim-listed Mkango Magnetic Materials' HyProMag USA subsidiary has completed an independent prefeasibility study (PFS) on the potential expansion of its proposed US rare earth magnet manufacturing platform beyond its first plant in Northlake, Texas. The Northlake plant is currently in the detailed engineering phase, with Phase 1 commissioning expected by mid-2028.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>RARE EARTHS</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>DTEC granted permit to ship raw rare earths from Malaysia to US for research, CEO says</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A US majority-owned startup has received permission to export rare-earth material to the US for research, in what its CE said was the first approval issued under Malaysia's newly eased export rules.

The permit allows DTEC Mineral and Metal Technology to export up to 700 tons of rare-earth carbonate from Perak State, with an initial shipment of about 30 tons expected this weekend, CEO Milan Perlly said in an interview.]]></description>
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            <category>RARE EARTHS</category>
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            <title>Canada Nickel inks offtake partnership with Swiss Steel </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Specialty steel manufacturer Swiss Steel Group and miner Canada Nickel Company have announced a long-term strategic partnership Canada nickel to supply low-carbon semi-finished steel products.

The partnership will provide Swiss Steel with exclusive access to about one-million tonnes of semi-finished steel products per year from 2030.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>NICKEL</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Mine-to-magnet developer Energy Fuels secures Australian gov debt for first rare earths mine</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Two major Australian government financing institutions have committed A$180-million, or $126-million, in project finance debt facilities for TSX- and NYSE-listed rare earths developer Energy Fuels' Donald rare earths and mineral sands project in Australia. The funding will support the Phase 1 construction of the project.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>RARE EARTHS</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Perpetua secures US Army funding to delineate tungsten at Stibnite project</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[TSX- and Nasdaq-listed Perpetua Resources has been awarded $40-million in funding from the US Army's Defence Ordnance Technology Consortium to evaluate technical and economic feasibility of producing tungsten concentrate at the historical Stibnite mining district that Perpetua operates in Idaho.

Structured as a cost-share programme between the company and the US government, the funding will support drilling to define a potential tungsten mineral resource, collection of material for laboratory and bench-scale metallurgical testing and permitting and engineering of an exploration decline to access areas of known tungsten mineralisation.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>TUNGSTEN</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>ConocoPhillips to reduce workforce in Canada</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ConocoPhillips has informed its staff of a reduction to its workforce in Canada, a spokesperson for the oil and gas producer said on Monday.

The reduction includes employees and contractors and is set to take place on Tuesday, the spokesperson added.]]></description>
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            <category>OIL &amp; GAS</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Canada's Capstone Copper announces $3bn investment plan in Chile</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Canadian miner Capstone Copper on Monday announced a $3-billion investment plan in Chile's Atacama region, according to Chile's mining ministry.

The investment plan, which will allocate $2.3-billion to the Santo Domingo project and a further $220-million to two short-term projects at Mantoverde, is expected to double Capstone's copper production in the country by 2031. ]]></description>
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            <category>COPPER</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Iron-ore hits two-year low as concerns over China demand dominate</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Iron-ore prices slid on Tuesday to their lowest in more than two years, weighed down by mounting concerns over demand prospects in top consumer China.

The most-traded iron-ore contract on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange fell 1.19% to 662 yuan ($99.25) a ton, as of 02:14 GMT, after touching its weakest since September 24, 2024, at 661.5 yuan earlier in the session.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>IRON-ORE</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 08:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Canada takes a page from the Saudi oil playbook, Reuters columnist says</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[After years of debating how quickly to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, Canada is now looking for ways to produce and export more of them.

The shift is being driven by two geopolitical shocks, both courtesy of US President Donald Trump. First, there’s the tariff war kicked off at the beginning of Trump’s second term, which exposed the risks of overreliance on any one trading partner. Then there’s the US war with Iran, which reminded energy importers of the dangers of depending too heavily on any one region – particularly a volatile one.]]></description>
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            <category>OIL &amp; GAS</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 08:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Sigma cathing up on lost weeks of lithium oxide concentrate production </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[With its Grota de Cirilo complex in Brazil having been under a brief administrative suspension, Canadian miner Sigma Lithium has produced 7 090 t of lithium oxide concentrate between October 5 and 22, and remains on track to scale its production of lithium oxide concentrate to 330 000 t/y by end-2027. Sigma had postponed its rolling 12-month guidance of 240 000 t by three months while maintaining its 2027 target of 330 000 t of lithium oxide concentrate.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>LITHIUM</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>EQT to buy Range Resources in over $50bn deal</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[EQT Corporation said on Monday it would acquire Range Resources in an all-stock deal valued at more than $50-billion, including debt, creating what the companies called the "largest vertically integrated natural gas producer" in the US.

Range Resources shareholders will receive 0.987 EQT Corp shares for each share held, valuing the deal at about $12.83 billion, according to a Reuters calculation based on Range Resources' 233.68-million shares outstanding, per LSEG data.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>New Brunwsick communities indicate support for emerging potash mine </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Canadian private exploration company Atlantic Potash Millstream Corporation (APMC) has confirmed strong public support for its proposed Millstream potash project in New Brunswick. The company conducted an independent 2026 Public Perception Survey, including among 200 residents of Saint John County and Kings County.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>POTASH</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 11:16:00 +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>
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Teck says strike begins at Highland Valley Copper mine in British Columbia</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Teck Resources said on Saturday workers had started a strike at its Highland Valley Copper mine in British Columbia, with operations continuing at reduced capacity.

The impact on overall production remains dependent on the duration of the strike, Teck said.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 08:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
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The result marks an end to nine years of power for the left-of-center New Democrats, who voiced opposition to new oil pipelines and supported a ban on tankers along the province's northern coast.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed Lithium Universe has announced the resignations of its CEO Iggy Tan and chief technology officer Dr Jingyuan Liu to pursue other opportunities effective October 30.

The board has started a formal search for a new CEO to lead the company through its next phase of growth as it develops the Bécancour lithium carbonate refinery in Canada and the Brownsville lithium refinery in the US. ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Aim-listed copper recovery company Halo Minerals and its subsidiary Minera Playa Verde have been granted a key mining permit for the Playa Verde copper and gold tailings processing project in Chile.

The permit authorises mining works relating to the dredging of mineral-bearing material at Chañaral beach, an important step as Halo advances the project towards a final investment decision (FID) and development. ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Singapore-based mining and investment company Boroo has announced it will invest more than $1.5-billion in the Yukon-based Eagle gold mine, which it is acquiring through the takeover of Canadian exploration company Victoria Gold Corporation.

Boroo entered into a subscription agreement with PricewaterhouseCoopers as the court-appointed receiver and manager of Victoria. ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[An AI-powered risk management platform, a derivates exchange and a market maker and liquidity provider are partnering to create a landmark tungsten price hedge using event contracts on Kalshi. With tungsten prices up more than 500% amid mounting supply restrictions, Pillar, Kalshi and Susquehanna Predictions are structuring a new Kalshi market to protect an Ohio-based metals distributor from price volatility.]]></description>
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            <title>Neu Horizon plans drilling on large unexplored Swedish uranium target</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed Neu Horizon Uranium has defined a large, drill-ready uranium target at its Storvallflon prospect, in Sweden. Five independent datasets, including airborne electromagnetics, drone magnetics, ground radiometrics, radon gas and rock chip geochemistry, all point to a more than two-kilometre-long conductor carrying the strongest surface uranium response the company recorded all year.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Canada on Thursday gave US steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs 15 days to reverse planned job cuts at an Ontario steel mill or face sanctions that could include a forced divestiture of the plant.

Ottawa made the demand in a letter from Industry Minister Melanie Joly, who says the plan violates employment commitments Cleveland-Cliffs made when it bought the Stelco plant. The company denies the charge.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nippon Steel will invest about $3-billion in the US Steel-operated Mon Valley works in Pennsylvania to upgrade the plant's hot rolling facility, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Thursday.

The move is part of the Japanese steelmaker's pledge to invest $11-billion in US Steel by 2028, following its acquisition of the company in 2025.]]></description>
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            <title>Vale, CSN among winners in Brazil natural gas auction</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Major mining, steelmaking and petrochemical companies, including Vale and CSN, won lots in a natural gas auction held by Brazilian State-run oil firm PPSA on Thursday, data from the auction platform showed.

The first auction held by PPSA for direct sales of State-owned natural gas to end consumers concluded with all the volume of 1.1-million cubic meters per day being purchased.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Grupo Mexico said on Thursday it will push ahead with major investments at its US mining unit Asarco, expanding the Ray and Silver Bell mines in Arizona and aiming to restart the Hayden smelter and refinery, after copper output fell in the third quarter.

The mining and transportation conglomerate expects to spend $4-billion to $6-billion over the next three years on Asarco's main projects, mining head Leonardo Contreras told analysts on a call.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[World's largest gold miner Newmont beat analysts' third-quarter profit estimates on Thursday, as elevated gold prices and a recovery in copper production at its Cadia mine in Australia boosted earnings.

Gold prices averaged $4 204.59/oz during the quarter, up about 17.6% from a year earlier, as investors sought safe-haven assets despite a stronger dollar and inflation concerns tied to higher oil prices during the US war on Iran.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[General Motors, the biggest customer of a US factory making rare earth magnets for electric vehicles, cancelled its long-term supply deal with the manufacturer, and the two sides are in arbitration, according to regulatory documents and a person with knowledge of the situation.

The move spotlights the challenges Western firms face in building domestic rare-earths output and cutting their reliance on China, which produces about 90% of global permanent magnets.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Toronto- and Frankfurt-listed E3 Lithium is nearing the completion of Phase 2 of its demonstration facility, in Mountain View County, Alberta, which serves as an important engineering milestone required to complete the design of a commercial facility for the Clearwater project, with the resource being located in the Leduc oilfield reservoir region.

The goal is to enable the construction of a facility in Alberta that can produce 12 000 t/y of battery-grade lithium carbonate as the first stage of E3's commercial operations. ]]></description>
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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>
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            <description><![CDATA[NYSE-listed industrial steel components trader Luda Technology Group has announced its entry into the Mongolia-China coal trading business. Starting with thermal coal, Luda is expanding its stainless steel manufacturing and trading operations to trade more commodities such as fluorspar, tungsten, iron-ore, rare earths and copper.]]></description>
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