• China’s finance minister has planned a fiscal briefing for Saturday as investors look for additional stimulus measures (Bloomberg)

• Traders hold high hopes for Beijing’s ‘second chance’ stimulus bazooka (AFR)

• A little less conversation, a little more action is needed if Rio is to win a perennial argument about its clunky dual-listed company structure (AFR)

• China’s top miner is set to spend US$24b on coal-to-oil project in Xinjiang (Bloomberg)

• Production at Adriatic’s Vares silver project in Bosnia & Herzegovina has been unaffected by serious storms in the country (BN)

• Sources say India’s Adani Group is planning 10GW overseas hydro-electric projects (Reuters)

• Market strategists say the record Aussie market run hinges on whether China will deliver a big enough spending package this weekend (AFR)

• French energy group EDF is seeking to raise up to £4b to help fund construction of UK’s Hinkley nuclear plant (Bloomberg)

• FMG’s head of carbon & climate told a conference that the state is not incentivising decarbonisation enough, warning investment dollars are being lost overseas (BN)

• Copper rebounded from a two-week low with eyes on China briefing (Bloomberg)

• Trouble battery maker Northvolt will be able to pay its taxes that fall due on Oct. 14, answering to mounting speculation (Reuters)

• U.S. inflation eased to a new three-year low but is cooling more slowly than expected (WSJ)

• Nickel true believers claim the future is “unarguably positive” at Paydirt’s nickel conference this week (Mining News)

• Rio’s $9.9b acquisition of Arcadium looks likely to succeed and could trigger further deals in the sector (CB)

• Rio learns to stop worrying and love the commodity cycle (MiningNews)

• RBC analyst reckons Rio needs to materialise about US$2.7b of unapparent value from Arcadium to make the takeover worth it (West)

• Rex Minerals shareholders voted in favour of the scheme with MACH, who received FIRB approval for the deal (RXM)

• Zeta Resources is being compulsorily acquired by its major shareholder UIL (holds 95%), to be completed by mid month (ZER)

• Unico Silver completed the Joaquin Silver acquisition, paying US$2m in upfront consideration with US$10m in contingent payments (USL)

• NexGold and Signal Gold have agreed to merge, NexGold shareholders retain 71% of the proforma and the debt of the two companies restructured (NEXG.V, SGNL.TO) pitched as +200kozpa developer

• Neometals closed a $4m raising at 9c (NMT)

• Talisker announced $21.5m in funding, comprising a royalty, con notes and placement, used to advance the Bralorne gold project in BC (TSK.TO)

• Mayur Resources is in a trading halt as it “finalises the funding structure for the Central Lime project” (MRL)

• Apparently Wesfarmers is looking for more lithium, not less…

• Acquisitive miners like Rio should remember size isn’t everything (AFR)

• Rio Tinto make a multibillion-dollar bet against China (Bloomberg)

• Rio Tinto’s real prize: Arcadium’s lithium extraction technology (Reuters)

• ASX mining & energy stocks want more China stimulus, but when and how much is coming? (Livewire)

• Michigan and the EV Mandate Backlash (WSJ op-ed)

• China Wars: Return of the Contras Addendum (Le Shrub)

• The Era of Rolling Blowouts, China, Oil, Gold (Paulo Macro)

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