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        <title><![CDATA[Martin Ritchie]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Rare Earth Firms Rally After Strong Earnings, Beijing Plan]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:18:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China’s CMOC Agrees $1.7 Billion Deal for Ecuador Gold Mine]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Base Metals Slide as Iran Uncertainty Keeps Pressure on Prices]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:20:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[World’s Biggest Lithium Mine Cuts Full-Year Output Guidance]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:35:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Copper Falls From Highest Since February With Iran War in Limbo]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:24:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China’s Rare Earth Exports to Japan Show Marked Drop]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 07:40:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Copper Declines as Hormuz Setbacks Cloud Peace Deal Prospects]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 01:37:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[From Cars to Cans: How the Iran War Is Affecting World’s Aluminum Supply]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-17/what-s-happening-to-aluminum-prices-how-iran-war-is-disrupting-global-supply</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Burton]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:00:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Aluminum Jumps to Four-Year High on Trump’s Blockade of Hormuz]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:03:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Goldman Warns on Copper as Iran War Threatens Global Economy]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:29:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Persian Gulf’s Aluminum Prospects Clouded by War, Says Goldman]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:13:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Metals Fall as Trump Repeats Threat to Attack Iran Power Plants]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 03:07:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Copper Rises as Trump Floats Timeline for US to End Iran Attacks]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 03:37:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Aluminum Records Best Month in Two Years as War Roils Supplies]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 02:45:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Aluminum Surges 6% After Iran Strikes Plants in UAE, Bahrain]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:11:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Gets Another Magnet Plant in Push to Tackle China]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:05:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Copper Declines as Iran War Stokes Inflation, Growth Concerns]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 02:27:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Industrial Metals Tumble as Iran War Fuels Fears Over Economy]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 03:27:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lynas Expands Rare Earths Clout With First Batch of Samarium]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 02:09:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[BHP Names Craig as CEO as Mining Giant Sets Sights on Copper]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul-Alain Hunt]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 21:22:52 GMT</pubDate>
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