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      "id": "src-alcoa-wagerup-groundbreaking-2026",
      "title": "Australia, Japan, the United States and Alcoa Break Ground on Gallium Project in Western Australia",
      "publisher": "Alcoa Corporation",
      "url": "https://news.alcoa.com/press-releases/press-release-details/2026/Australia-Japan-the-United-States-and-Alcoa-Break-Ground-on-Gallium-Project-in-Western-Australia/default.aspx",
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      "title": "Historic critical minerals framework signed by President Trump and Prime Minister Albanese",
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      "confidence": "primary",
      "notes": "The Prime Minister's release, dated Tuesday 21 October 2025 in Australia (datetime 2025-10-20T19:16:41Z), read in full in a browser on 2026-09-23 (the site blocks automated clients). Source of \"each provide at least USD$1 billion in investments towards an USD$8.5 billion pipeline ... over the next six months\", the up to USD$200 million concessional equity in the Alcoa-Sojitz Gallium Recovery Project with an Australian right of offtake, the US equity investment with a right of offtake in the same project, and the USD$100 million equity investment in Arafura's Nolans project."
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