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            <title><![CDATA[China’s MMG Bemoans Congo Cobalt Curbs That Threaten Investment]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Annie Lee]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 11:16:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Congo Eyes Deals With Cobalt Producers to Tackle Illegal Mining]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael J Kavanagh]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 09:09:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Battery-Maker Gotion Says War Shifts Focus to Clean Energy]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What’s Happening With Tesla’s Battery Business]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Plus, CATL’s sodium ion batteries will be rolling out on roads across China later this year.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Tesla Inc. Megapack batteries at the Victorian Big Battery site operated by Neoen SA in Moorabool, Victoria, Australia, on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. Elon Musk helped accelerate a transformation of Australia’s electricity grid to replace fossil fuels with clean power — now it&apos;s a testing ground for global climate action. Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lithium Rival Sodium Is Making a Battery Breakthrough for EVs in China]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Volatile lithium prices and advances in technology mean sodium-ion cells are finally providing a credible alternative for automakers and the energy sector.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Annie Lee]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:00:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd. (CATL) sodium-ion battery model during the company&apos;s Tech Day event in Shanghai, China, on Monday, April 21, 2025. CATL, the world’s biggest producer of batteries for electric vehicles, unveiled the latest versions of its cells, playing up the durability and range of its products as the perceived limits of EVs still stop many consumers from making the switch.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mercuria Seeks New Liquidity in Asia With $200 Million Financing]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Annie Lee]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:04:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs’ Asia Leveraged Finance Head Nelson Lo to Retire]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:03:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[CATL Shares Jump on Critical-Minerals Expansion Plan, Earnings]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:36:35 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A CATL battery model displayed during the IAA Mobility 2025 expo in Munich, Germany on Sept. 7.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Battery Giant CATL Taps Zijin Founder as Advisor for Mining Arm]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:48:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chinese Copper Miners Join $1.2 Billion African Rail Revamp]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[William Clowes]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:34:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A speech by Chinese President Ji Xinping broadcast at the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) memorial park in Lusaka, Zambia, on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. For over a decade, China poured more than $120 billion of government-backed loans through its Belt and Road Initiative to build hydropower plants, roads and rail lines across the continent — as well as unparalleled influence.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Battery Metal Curbs Sting Chinese Miners Who Spent Big in Africa]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Annie Lee]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:39:35 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Workers move bags of spodumene concentrate, a lithium aluminum silicate mineral, during operations at the Bikita Minerals lithium mine, operated by Sinomine Resource Group Co., in Bikita, Zimbabwe.</media:description>
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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[Cobalt Shortages Driven by Congo Curbs Seen Lasting Through 2030]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:11:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Munitions Metal Tungsten Eclipses Gold, Copper in 557% Rally]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[James Attwood]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[CATL Shares Rally on Profit Beat Fueled by Energy Storage Boom]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:14:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Defense Department Seeks Information to Expand Metal Stockpiles]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Annie Lee]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 13:23:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Qatar Stops Producing Aluminum, Some Chemicals Amid Conflict]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[James Herron]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:12:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China’s Yahua Starts Building Lithium Sulfate Plant in Zimbabwe]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[William Clowes]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:09:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lithium Prices Jump After Zimbabwe Bans Concentrate Exports]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Annie Lee]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 01:12:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iron Ore Set for Longest Losing Run Since 2022 on Supply Signs]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Annie Lee]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 02:48:55 GMT</pubDate>
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