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        <title><![CDATA[Jacob Lorinc - North America Metals Reporter]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Jacob Lorinc is a reporter for Bloomberg News in New York covering mining, steel and aluminum.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Rare Earths Champion Views Iran War as Demand ‘Accelerant’]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Lorinc]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 22:59:06 GMT</pubDate>
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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[Caterpillar Jumps After Raising Long-Term Outlook on AI Boom]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:35:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Steel Plans $1.9 Billion Facility to Feed its Arkansas Works]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 02:58:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Appalachian Lithium Cache Enough to Power 130 Million EVs, USGS Says]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-28/appalachians-hold-enough-lithium-to-curb-us-imports-usgs-says</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Lorinc]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:56:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Steelmaker Cliffs Taps Palantir Technologies for AI Overhaul]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Lorinc]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:08:20 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Cleveland Cliffs Cleveland Works steel mill facility in Cleveland, Ohio, US, on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on November 4.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Critical Metals to Buy European Lithium for $835 Million]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Lorinc]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:21:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[USA Rare Earth CEO Says US is in ‘Early Innings’ of Independence]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dani Burger]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:31:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[USA Rare Earth Seeks More Deals, Growth to Break China’s Hold]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:29:45 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Barbara Humpton, chief executive officer of Siemens USA Holdings Inc., at Ford Pro Accelerate in Detroit, Michigan, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. The event convenes a group of leaders to discuss productivity solutions for the &quot;essential economy,&quot; made up of 95 million workers across 3 million businesses in construction, manufacturing, service, energy, and logistics. Photographer: Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sunshine Silver Weighs $400 Million IPO to Fund Reopening of Idaho Mine]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paula Sambo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:18:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A miner shows a piece of silver inside a tunnel of the Rosario Bajo Cooperativa Minera on Cerro Rico, in the Potosi Department, in southern Bolivia, on February 19, 2026. With silver prices reaching record levels, miners continue to risk their lives inside Bolivia&apos;s Cerro Rico mine, following veins to exploit deposits of the metal, along with other minerals, in this overworked, collapsing mountain that once produced the majority of silver for the Spanish Empire. Today Cerro Rico is the underground workplace of thousands of miners, as Bolivia&apos;s silver output increases year after year. </media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[USA Rare Earth to Buy Brazilian Miner in $2.8 Billion Deal]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-20/usa-rare-earth-to-buy-brazil-s-serra-verde-in-2-8-billion-deal</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Lorinc]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:49:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Alcoa Is Close to a Deal to Sell Smelter Site to Bitcoin Miner]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-17/alcoa-is-close-to-a-deal-to-sell-smelter-site-to-bitcoin-miner</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Lorinc]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:45:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Critical Metals Boosts Stake in Greenland Rare Earths Asset]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Lorinc]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Century Aluminum Sees Expansion Delivering 10% Lift to US Output]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Lorinc]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:49:17 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>US aluminum prices have surged after the US government imposed tariffs on foreign imports of the metal. Photographer: Graham Hughes/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Uranium Royalty to Buy Sweetwater in $1.1 Billion Nuclear Fuel Deal]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-16/uranium-royalty-urc-uroy-to-buy-sweetwater-in-1-1-billion-nuclear-fuel-deal</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Lorinc]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:22:52 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Ready-to-ship canisters filled with enriched uranium at an enrichment facility.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rio Is Said to Draw Interest for Critical Mineral Assets in California]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-10/rio-is-said-to-draw-interest-for-us-critical-mineral-assets-in-california</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Yue Li]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:34:51 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Rio Tinto Borax mine is seen on the day after mine owners locked out about 540 employees and called in replacement workers, on Feb. 1, 2010 in Boron, California. The Rio TInto is the largest open-pit mine in California and second-largest boron mine in the world.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Capstone Is Said to Tap Scotiabank to Divest Mexican Copper Mine]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Lorinc]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:36:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Lithium Developer to List on Nasdaq in $573 Million SPAC Deal]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-09/us-lithium-developer-to-list-on-nasdaq-in-573-million-spac-deal</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Lorinc]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Barrick’s Gold IPO Takes Another Step Toward Reality]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Plus: Canada says Ontario, union must support Stellantis-Leapmotor EV plan]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Melissa Shin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:49:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Barrick Mining Corp. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. Another burst of heavy selling pummeled software stocks and crypto, with weak jobs data exacerbating an equity rout spurred by concern over the impact of artificial intelligence on valuations. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Barrick Taps Goldman Sachs to Lead IPO for North American Mines]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Lorinc]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:00:19 GMT</pubDate>
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