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            <title><![CDATA[Mining Investors Spooked as African Dispute Payments Multiply]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2018 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Glencore Bets on South Africa as Ramaphosa Promises Revival]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2018 23:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Glencore Caves to Congo to Keep Its Electric Car Dream Alive]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2018 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Israeli Billionaire Forcing Glencore to Buck U.S. Sanctions]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2018 14:27:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Glencore Tests U.S. Sanctions Resolve With Gertler Payments]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2018 06:02:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Congo’s Miners Face Harsh New Reality as Mining Law Finalized]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:53:31 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A Caterpillar Inc. mining truck drives past an open pit excavation at the Mutanda copper and cobalt mine in Mutanda, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler, whose grandfather co-founded Israel&apos;s diamond exchange in 1947, arrived in Congo in 1997 seeking rough diamonds. Since those early days, Gertler has invested in iron ore, gold, cobalt and copper as well as agriculture, oil and banking.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Inc. Takes Another Bite of Congo's Copper Mining Riches]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Biesheuvel]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2018 22:08:53 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Workers use Caterpillar Inc. mining trucks to remove oxide ore from the open pit during excavations at Katanga Mining Ltd.&apos;s KOV copper-cobalt mine, part-operated by the Kamoto Copper Co., in Kolwezi, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. XXX. Photographer: Simon Dawson</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Glencore Faces New Legal Challenge Against Congo Cobalt Mine]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[William Clowes]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Agarwal Wants to Build Indian Commodity Giant to Rival Majors]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2018 10:45:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Glencore Goes From Crisis to Crisis With Possible Bribery Probe]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2018 13:00:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A mining truck drives past an open pit excavation in Mutanda, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Photographer: Simon Dawson</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Glencore Is Said to Take Congo Rift With Gertler to London Court]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2018 08:46:39 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A sign for the Kamoto Copper Co. stands outside Katanga Mining Ltd.&apos;s copper and cobalt mine in Kolwezi, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler, whose grandfather co-founded Israel&apos;s diamond exchange in 1947, arrived in Congo in 1997 seeking rough diamonds. Since those early days, Gertler has invested in iron ore, gold, cobalt and copper as well as agriculture, oil and banking.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The War on Coal Is Making the World’s Top Mine Owners a Lot Richer]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Biesheuvel]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2018 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Glencore Drops as Clash With Former Partner Adds to Congo Issues]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 10:55:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zimbabwe Foreign Minister Backtracks on Allowing Diaspora Vote]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2018 14:20:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Glencore's Prize Cobalt Miner Is Bogged Down Deeper in Congo]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2018 10:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[German Industry Sounds Alarm That Rusal Sanctions Pain Is Coming]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Biesheuvel]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 12:32:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sanctions Fallout Upends Metals as Aluminum, Nickel Burst Higher]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Burton]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 02:08:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Billionaire Agarwal Hires AngloGold's CEO to Run Vedanta]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 06:15:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2018 09:14:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Aluminum Nears Highest Since 2012 as U.S. Rusal Sanctions Bite]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 01:46:56 GMT</pubDate>
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