Topic: Commodities — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-08 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: But issue is said to create tension for Beijing between defending the multilateral system and protecting its own access to critical minerals
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[2026-09-08 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: But issue is said to create tension for Beijing between defending the multilateral system and protecting its own access to critical minerals
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[2026-09-08 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Copper futures in London reached a record high on Tuesday as expectations of US tariffs drew record volumes from the seaborne market into US warehouses, tightening availability elsewhere despite subdued demand. As we highlighted on Monday, deteriorating conditions across global mining operations are adding to supply woes.
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[2026-09-08 19:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The ‘Miss You Much. Leslie 70th Birthday. Exhibition’ runs from September 9 to May 10, 2027 at Hong Kong Heritage Museum
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[2026-09-08 19:10 UTC+10:00] [A Better Tomorrow] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The ‘Miss You Much. Leslie 70th Birthday. Exhibition’ runs from September 9 to May 10, 2027 at Hong Kong Heritage Museum
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[2026-09-08 19:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BAGUIO CITY — The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) said the opposition of Mankayan residents to the renewal of Crescent Mining Development Corp.’s (CMDC) Mineral Production Sharing Agreement (MPSA) must be considered within the collective decision-making process of the Mankayan ancestral domain.
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[2026-09-08 18:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The Democratic Republic of Congo is tightening state control over the geological data underpinning billions of dollars in mining exploration, as the country seeks greater influence over the development of its vast mineral wealth.
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[2026-09-08 18:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un oso se ve sentado en un auto tras quedar atrapado dentro el domingo 19 de julio de 2026 en Gold Hill, Colorado, EEUU. (Patrick Sullivan via AP)
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[2026-09-08 17:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: JINCHEON, South Korea, Sept. 8 (Yonhap) -- They are still the top-ranked men's doubles team in world badminton, but the South Korean tandem of Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho will limp into their second Asian Games together following a string of subpar performances.
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[2026-09-08 15:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: HMM said Tuesday it signed a 4.7 trillion won ($3.5 billion) long-term shipping contract with Vale, Brazil’s major mining company.
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[2026-09-08 14:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The number of commodity vessels sailing through the Strait of Hormuz totalled seven on Monday, according to Kpler data released on Tuesday.
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[2026-09-08 14:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shipper HMM Co. said Tuesday it has secured a 4.7 trillion-won (US$3.5 billion) long-term shipping contract with Brazilian mining giant Vale.
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[2026-09-08 14:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A bear sits in a car after getting stuck inside of it Sunday, July 19, 2026 in Gold Hill, Colo. (Patrick Sullivan via AP)wld
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[2026-09-08 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Jiaxin’s ‘proof of concept’ should lead to more such listings, governor of Kazakhstan’s Astana International Financial Centre says
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[2026-09-08 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Jiaxin’s ‘proof of concept’ should lead to more such listings, governor of Kazakhstan’s Astana International Financial Centre says
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[2026-09-08 07:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Peabody wants to extend mining at its Metropolitan Mine in Helensburgh until 2044. (Supplied: Peabody)
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[2026-09-08 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: September 8, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-09-08 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: AP News
Snippet: United States head coach Mauricio Pochettino walks off the field after the United States lost a World Cup round of 16 soccer match against Belgium in Seattle, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr, File)
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[2026-09-08 01:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tourism, professional services, mining and digital infrastructure prospects discussed at SCMP’s China Conference: Central Asia 2026
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[2026-09-08 01:38 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tourism, professional services, mining and digital infrastructure prospects discussed at SCMP’s China Conference: Central Asia 2026
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[2026-09-07 23:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Shin Sang-woo, head coach of the South Korean women's national football team competing at this month's Asian Games, said Monday he wants to make history for the country and bring home its first gold medal from the continental competition.
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[2026-09-07 23:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-09-07 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Geopolitical tensions and US dollar concerns have seen Shanghai and Hong Kong step up efforts to build gold storage infrastructure
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[2026-09-07 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Geopolitical tensions and US dollar concerns have seen Shanghai and Hong Kong step up efforts to build gold storage infrastructure
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[2026-09-07 19:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Yonhap) -- Shin Sang-woo, head coach of the South Korean women's national football team competing at this month's Asian Games, said Monday he wants to make history for the country and bring home its first gold medal from the continental competition.
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[2026-09-07 16:52 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Manhattan Gold Corporation has kicked another goal at the company’s Hook Lake project in Canada, with its maiden drilling campaign continuing to deliver high-grade gold and significantly expanding the footprint of its flagship Jaws prospect.
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[2026-09-07 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The 18-year-old finishes ahead of Paris Olympic gold medallist Haruka Kitaguchi in final in Brussels and ends season undefeated over five events
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[2026-09-07 16:30 UTC+10:00] [Diamond League] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The 18-year-old finishes ahead of Paris Olympic gold medallist Haruka Kitaguchi in final in Brussels and ends season undefeated over five events
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[2026-09-07 16:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Korea Zinc could play a central role in South Korea’s efforts to reduce its reliance on imported rare earths by applying its advanced smelting and recycling technologies, according to a Korea Development Bank report.
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[2026-09-07 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Forrestania Resources has vaulted towards the gold big league, cracking the coveted two-million-ounce resource mark as shareholders gave the green light to its game-changing acquisition of the Edna May gold project in Western Australia.
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[2026-09-07 15:07 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Profitable producer Kaiser Reef has kicked a goal at its Henty gold mine in Tasmania, unveiling an updated resource of 429,000 ounces and a new ore reserve of 198,000 ounces that replaces depletion and maintains the operation’s six-year mine life.
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[2026-09-07 14:43 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Larvotto Resources has pulled a spectacular drill core intercept of 0.5 metres grading 62.6 grams per tonne (g/t) gold equivalent from its Clarks Gully prospect, part of the company’s recently commissioned Hillgrove gold-antimony-tungsten mine, 35 kilometres east of Armidale in New South Wales.
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[2026-09-07 13:33 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: In a savvy move that will see it vault from explorer to producer, Aureka Limited has tabled a binding agreement to acquire a producing Victorian gold mine and a strategically vital processing mill in a low-cash, scrip-heavy deal. The transaction lands squarely in the middle of a renewed wave of mergers and acquisitions in the Australian gold sector, where the market is tending to reward near-term production and cash flow over long-dated development stories.
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[2026-09-07 12:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: MUJU, South Korea, Sept. 7 (Yonhap) -- No South Korean taekwondo practitioner has won more than one gold medal at an Asian Games, for the simple reason that athletes could only compete in one weight class at a time.
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[2026-09-07 09:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An average of 10 commodity ships transited the Strait of Hormuz daily over the past 10 days, marking the lowest traffic in the waterway since May, shipping data by Kpler on Monday showed.
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[2026-09-07 04:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell speaks during the Pro Football Hall of Fame gold jacket dinner in Canton, Ohio, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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[2026-09-07 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DMCI Mining Corp., a subsidiary of listed DMCI Holdings Inc., will continue planting trees at its Berong mine site in Quezon, Palawan until the end of rehabilitation period next year.
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[2026-09-06 14:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Rustenburg, South Africa – On August 13, a wall of soil collapsed and killed 14 miners, most of whom were believed to be undocumented migrants, at a disused mining site near Nkaneng, an informal settlement outside Rustenburg in South Africa’s mineral-rich North West province.
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[2026-09-06 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Scientists have found a way to turn waste into a valuable resource on an industrial scale, reducing China’s dependence on iron ore imports
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[2026-09-06 13:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Scientists have found a way to turn waste into a valuable resource on an industrial scale, reducing China’s dependence on iron ore imports
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[2026-09-06 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tipped to follow in American great’s footsteps, Venise Chan spying padel glory after claiming six ITF titles, Pickleball World Cup silver
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[2026-09-06 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Carret Private Capital] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tipped to follow in American great’s footsteps, Venise Chan spying padel glory after claiming six ITF titles, Pickleball World Cup silver
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[2026-09-06 07:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Amy Hunt won four gold medals at this summer's European Championships
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[2026-09-06 06:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The majority of electricity futures trading in Japan is conducted on the highly liquid European Energy Exchange while the Tokyo Commodity Exchange has a small market share. (Photo by Shintaro Ino)
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[2026-09-06 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Art finds a way, to paraphrase the famous line from Jurassic Park, and a new group exhibition that just opened at the Jerusalem Theatre grew out of curator Chaya Gross’s determination to find a more accessible showcase for Israeli artists as light-rail construction takes its toll on Emek Refaim.
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[2026-09-06 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A massive water leak in El Reno, Oklahoma has brought new scrutiny to a Bitcoin mining operation that city officials say had been operating without required approvals and in violation of multiple building and safety codes, according to KFOR 4. Three million gallons of water were leaked, according to KOCO ABC.
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[2026-09-06 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AUSTRALIAN mining company Celsius Resources Ltd. suffered an initial legal defeat in its attempt to halt the foreclosure sale of its 40-percent stake in the Maalinao-Caigutan-Biyog (MCB) copper-gold project in Kalinga.
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[2026-09-06 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THERE is a long-running war in the Philippines, and it is being waged by three super-rich mining corporations in Palawan against the Filipino people and God’s creation there. The firms are planning to cut down more than 188,765 magnificent primeval trees with permits from their contacts in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
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[2026-09-05 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's global food-commodity index climbed in August to its highest level since 2022, with the index now gaining momentum to the upside. The upside reinforces warnings from several major Wall Street desks, which we have covered extensively, that global food shortages could materialize next year.
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[2026-09-05 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Gothenburg] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lyu Mingpu, 92, and Ding Ming, 10 years younger, prove athletic ambition can last a lifetime as they win three gold medals in South Korea
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