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        <title><![CDATA[James Attwood - Senior Reporter Commodities]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Albemarle Shares Jump as Lithium Recovery Delivers Earnings Beat]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 21:13:52 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A scientist works on lithium battery research using a machine to calculate a precise measurement of a cellphone battery at the Albermarle facility in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, US, on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. Albemarle Corp. wants to restart a lithium mine as the building block of the first complete EV battery supply chain in the US.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Trump’s $12 Billion Stash of Critical Minerals Risks Distorting Markets]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The planned Project Vault stockpile aims to ensure supplies of rare earths and other strategic elements, but it could upend markets instead.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 11:00:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Latam Airlines Surges as Demand Withstands Jet Fuel Price Shocks]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 20:47:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Copper Costs Turn Negative for Southern, Vale as Gold and Silver Byproducts Soar]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-01/copper-costs-turn-negative-for-southern-scco-vale-vale-as-byproducts-soar</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 14:55:26 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Employees remove copper debris during the electrolytic refining process of copper at a Southern Copper Corp. refinery.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump’s Mineral Reserve Plans to Buy Rare Earths From China]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-30/us-critical-mineral-inventory-plan-includes-buying-china-metals</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Deaux]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:02:12 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Bags of rare earth concentrates sit for transport at a mine in Mountain Pass, California.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Chile Leader Faces Codelco Dilemma: Dividends or Debt Relief]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Chilean President Jose Antonio Kast</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[War Squeezes Global Mining as Diesel and Acid Supplies Tighten]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:24:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chile Focuses on Codelco Turnaround, Not Quick Privatization Fix]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-20/chile-focuses-on-codelco-turnaround-not-quick-privatization-fix</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[James Attwood]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:26:35 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Signage at the Codelco headquarters in Santiago, Chile, on Monday, April 7, 2025. Codelco, the world&apos;s biggest copper supplier, says physical demand for the metal has remained strong amid all the upheaval in financial markets triggered by US President Donald Trump&apos;s trade war.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Codelco Targets Higher 2027 Output to Reclaim Top Copper Spot]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:33:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Mineral Stockpile to Be Open to All Traders, Ex-Im Bank Says]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-17/us-mineral-stockpile-to-be-open-to-all-traders-ex-im-bank-says</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:35:14 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Haul trucks transport ore and waste materials at an open-pit mining complex in Morenci, Arizona.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Senate Lifts Mining Ban in Win for Chile Billionaire Clan]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marcelo Rochabrun]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Seen from the Washington Monument, a view of the U.S. Capitol Building on March 8, 2026 in Washington, DC. Airline and transportation representatives are warning that the ongoing partial government shutdown could snarl air travel ahead of a busy spring break travel season.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Codelco in Talks With India’s HCL for Chile Copper Joint Venture]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-15/codelco-in-talks-with-india-s-hcl-for-chile-copper-joint-venture</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolina Gonzalez]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:55:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Antofagasta Signals Interest in Joining Argentina’s Copper Rush]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[James Attwood]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:57:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chile’s New Government Looks to Speed Up Copper Expansion Amid Tight Supply]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-13/chile-minister-daniel-mas-looks-to-speed-up-copper-output</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[James Attwood]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:50:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China to Ban Sulfuric Acid Exports as War Hits Supply]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-10/china-moves-to-ban-sulfuric-acid-exports-as-iran-war-hits-supply</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Julian Luk]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chile Mulls Ways to Curb Electricity Rate Hikes, Foster EVs After Fuel Price  Surge]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolina Gonzalez]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:31:16 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Customers wait in line to fuel up vehicles at a service station in Santiago on March 24.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chile Uncovers Criminal Networks Shipping Millions of Dollars of Copper to Peru and China]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-08/chile-uncovers-917-million-copper-theft-ring-shipping-to-china</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[James Attwood]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:52:46 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Copper anodes ready for shipment at a processing facility in Machali, Chile.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[McEwen Copper in Talks With Lenders to Fund Argentina Project]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sybilla Gross]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:22:58 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>McEwen Copper is in talks with the US Export-Import Bank as it seeks financing for its $4 billion Los Azules project in Argentina.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chile Copper Output at Nine-Year Low Adds to Supply Concerns]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[James Attwood]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:00:06 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The smelting area, where the copper is smelted and then placed in molds and cooled, at a processing facility in Machali, Chile. Photographer: Cristobal Olivares/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Codelco Sees War Disruptions Adding 5% to Cost of Making Copper]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[James Attwood]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:11:33 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Codelco Chief Executive Ruben Alvarado, center, speaks at a press conference in Santiago on March 27. Photographer: Javier Torres/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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