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562            const nestedMenu = dropdown.querySelector(`.${CONFIG.CLASS.DROPDOWN_MENU}`);
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564                dropdown.classList.add(CONFIG.CLASS.DROPEND);
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566                // Style nested menu
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573                // Add classes and indentation to nested items
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576                // Initialize Bootstrap dropdown
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582    /**
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591        const links = nestedMenu.querySelectorAll(`.${CONFIG.CLASS.DROPDOWN_ITEM}, li > a`);
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601    /**
602     * Initialize Bootstrap dropdown instance
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605        if (!window.bootstrap?.Dropdown) return;
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607        try {
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610                existingInstance.dispose();
611            }
612
613            new bootstrap.Dropdown(toggle, { autoClose: true });
614        } catch (error) {
615            console.error('[DynamicMenu] Error initializing Bootstrap dropdown:', error);
616        }
617    }
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619    /**
620     * Restore item to its original state when moving out of More...
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623        if (!item.classList) return;
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625        item.classList.remove(CONFIG.CLASS.DROPEND);
626        item.classList.add(CONFIG.CLASS.NAV_ITEM);
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628        // Restore dropdown toggle classes
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631            toggle.classList.remove(CONFIG.CLASS.DROPDOWN_ITEM);
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634        // Remove nested dropdown styling
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648    /**
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659    /**
660     * Prepare item for insertion into More... dropdown
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667            link.classList.add(CONFIG.CLASS.NAV_LINK);
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671    /**
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677        // Reset: move everything back
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681        // Only apply overflow logic on desktop
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684        const containerWidth = mainMenu.parentElement.offsetWidth;
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694            if (usedWidth > containerWidth - CONFIG.RESERVED_SPACE) {
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700        // Move overflowing items to More...
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705                // Skip protected items
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708                prepareItemForMore(item);
709                moreMenu.insertBefore(item, moreMenu.firstChild);
710            }
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712            if (moreMenu.children.length > 0) {
713                moreDropdown.classList.remove(CONFIG.CLASS.HIDDEN);
714                setupNestedDropdowns();
715            }
716        }
717    }
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719    /**
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723        clearTimeout(resizeTimer);
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727    /**
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731        window.addEventListener('resize', handleResize);
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734    /**
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738        window.removeEventListener('resize', handleResize);
739        clearTimeout(resizeTimer);
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742    /**
743     * Check if dynamic menu is enabled via global variable
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798									<p><span><strong style='font-weight:bolder !important;'>A.J. Roan,</strong> Metal Tech News</span> | Sep 22, 2026</p>
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808									<span class="cat">Tech Metals</span>
809									<h3>Connecting Utah indium to US supply chains</h3>
810									<p><span><strong style='font-weight:bolder !important;'>Shane Lasley,</strong> Metal Tech News</span> | Sep 22, 2026</p>
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821									<span class="cat">Tech Bytes</span>
822									<h3>Cirba, GM close EV battery recycling loop</h3>
823									<p><span><strong style='font-weight:bolder !important;'>A.J. Roan,</strong> Metal Tech News</span> | Sep 22, 2026</p>
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829								<figure><img data-src="/IMG/r_3ZQSnLPT_pJdLvQNZpMjOCaovVW/XPATH/home/cms_data/dfault/photos/stories/id/5/9/2959/s_topXEXT1501x33254is.jpg" width="663" height="492" alt="West Desert indium being connected to decision-makers and supply chains.">
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832									<span class="cat">Tech Metals</span>
833									<h3>Connecting Utah indium to US supply chains</h3>
834									<p><span><strong style='font-weight:bolder !important;'>Shane Lasley,</strong> Metal Tech News</span> | Sep 22, 2026</p>
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843									<span class="cat">Tech Metals</span>
844									<h3>Seeking a quantum leap in rare earth tech</h3>
845									<p><span><strong style='font-weight:bolder !important;'>Shane Lasley,</strong> Metal Tech News</span> | Sep 17, 2026</p>
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854									<span class="cat">Mining Tech</span>
855									<h3>Pentagon adds $4.6M to expand RapidSX</h3>
856									<p><span><strong style='font-weight:bolder !important;'>Shane Lasley,</strong> Metal Tech News</span> | Sep 14, 2026</p>
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862								<figure><img data-src="/IMG/7PLGOWjTGRSPTLFBJcUycXS1NtYNd/XPATH/home/cms_data/dfault/photos/stories/id/6/1/2961/s_topXEXT1501x33239is.jpg" width="663" height="492" alt="Workers sort batteries and e-waste on a recycling conveyor.">
863								</figure>
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865									<span class="cat">Tech Metals</span>
866									<h3>EMCO to acquire battery recycler Blackion</h3>
867									<p><span><strong style='font-weight:bolder !important;'>A.J. Roan,</strong> Metal Tech News</span> | Sep 22, 2026</p>
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873								<figure><img data-src="/IMG/r_3TQSnLPT_pJdLvQNZpMdOCaovVW/XPATH/home/cms_data/dfault/photos/stories/id/5/7/2957/s_topXEXT1501x33255is.jpg" width="663" height="492" alt="A nearly two-story-tall battery-electric truck under a trolley at a mine.">
874								</figure>
875								<div class="info">
876									<span class="cat">Mining Tech</span>
877									<h3>First Quantum patents Electra-Haul tech</h3>
878									<p><span><strong style='font-weight:bolder !important;'>Shane Lasley,</strong> Metal Tech News</span> | Sep 21, 2026</p>
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892										<span class="cat">Tech Metals</span>
893										<h3>Seeking a quantum leap in rare earth tech</h3>
894										<p><span><strong style='font-weight:bolder !important;'>Shane Lasley</strong></span> | Sep 17, 2026</p>
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904									<figure><img src="/IMG/zH_fYavTXPHkRZT3gNhdUsWKiw3de/XPATH/home/cms_data/dfault/photos/stories/id/5/0/2950/s_topXEXT1501x33214is.jpg" width="330" height="244" alt="An F-35 fighter in flight with Sm and Gd periodic table symbols and samples." loading="lazy">
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907										<span class="cat">Mining Tech</span>
908										<h3>Pentagon adds $4.6M to expand RapidSX</h3>
909										<p><span><strong style='font-weight:bolder !important;'>Shane Lasley</strong></span> | Sep 14, 2026</p>
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924										<span class="cat">Tech Metals</span>
925										<h3>EMCO to acquire battery recycler Blackion</h3>
926										<p><span><strong style='font-weight:bolder !important;'>A.J. Roan</strong></span> | Sep 22, 2026</p>
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938									<div class="info">
939										<span class="cat">Mining Tech</span>
940										<h3>First Quantum patents Electra-Haul tech</h3>
941										<p><span><strong style='font-weight:bolder !important;'>Shane Lasley</strong></span> | Sep 21, 2026</p>
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960<a href="HTTPS://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2026/09/30/tech-metals/oklahoma-aluminum-plant-maps-49b-impact/2962.html"><h3 style="padding-top:0;">Oklahoma aluminum plant maps $49B impact</h3></a><h4 class=""><span><strong>A.J. Roan,</strong> Metal Tech News</span> | Sep 23, 2026</h4><p class="crop-text-3"><span>Study projects 7,000 jobs a year as 750,000-ton smelter advances. Putting numbers behind a proposed smelter expected to more than double primary aluminum production in the United States, Oklahoma Primary Aluminum has unveiled a new study projecting roughly $49 billion in cumulative economic impact for Oklahoma through 2060. Used across transportation, packaging, buildings, power systems, aerospace, defense, machinery and renewable energy, aluminum remains one of the world's...</span></p>
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962<a href="HTTPS://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2026/09/30/tech-metals/nth-cycle-glencore-enter-1b-supply-deal/2963.html" aria-label=""><img src="/IMG/Hhiq2r1Xkin1ibaehwt11tkmvL_l8/XPATH/home/cms_data/dfault/photos/stories/id/6/3/2963/s_topXEXT1501x33261is.jpg" width="192" height="133" class="hover-img" alt="Graphic of circular battery materials supply chain centered on Project SHIELD." loading="lazy"></a></figure>
963<a href="HTTPS://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2026/09/30/tech-metals/nth-cycle-glencore-enter-1b-supply-deal/2963.html"><h3 style="padding-top:0;">Nth Cycle, Glencore enter $1B supply deal</h3></a><h4 class=""><span><strong>Shane Lasley,</strong> Metal Tech News</span> | Sep 23, 2026</h4><p class="crop-text-3"><span>Agreement provides material and another buyer for expanded DOE-backed Project SHIELD refinery in South Carolina. Moving closer to establishing a large-scale U.S. refinery for metals recovered from recycled lithium-ion batteries, Nth Cycle Inc. has added Glencore Ltd. to a growing lineup of government and commercial partners backing Project SHIELD. Nth Cycle entered into a binding term sheet with Glencore covering black mass supply and the offtake of nickel- and...</span></p>
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965<a href="HTTPS://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2026/09/23/tech-metals/rare-earth-markets-face-a-pricing-paradox/2956.html" aria-label=""><img src="/IMG/Jjctxw9jTZn3bwuWhwr5xtggwLwui/XPATH/home/cms_data/dfault/photos/stories/id/5/6/2956/s_topXEXT1501x33228is.jpg" width="192" height="133" class="hover-img" alt="Graphic with piles of rare earth oxides and maps of the U.S. and China." loading="lazy"></a></figure>
966<a href="HTTPS://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2026/09/23/tech-metals/rare-earth-markets-face-a-pricing-paradox/2956.html"><h3 style="padding-top:0;">Rare earth markets face a pricing paradox</h3></a><h4 class=""><span><strong>Shane Lasley,</strong> Metal Tech News</span> | Sep 22, 2026</h4><p class="crop-text-3"><span>Government backing is building ex-China supply chains, but S&P says transparent benchmarks are needed to turn intervention into a functioning market. After decades of struggling to compete against China's dominance over rare earth mining, processing, and pricing, the United States and its allies are assembling alternative mine-to-magnet supply chains with enough government backing to withstand market forces that have repeatedly stalled Western projects. That success, however,...</span></p>
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968<a href="HTTPS://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2026/09/23/tech-metals/seeking-a-quantum-leap-in-rare-earth-tech/2954.html" aria-label=""><img src="/IMG/NnPg2Z1qpkbKlvqLbuq5d0eR67Fzy/XPATH/home/cms_data/dfault/photos/stories/id/5/4/2954/s_topXEXT1501x33262is.jpg" width="192" height="133" class="hover-img" alt="Four-panel image of ore, quantum computing, AI lab, and rare earth oxides." loading="lazy"></a></figure>
969<a href="HTTPS://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2026/09/23/tech-metals/seeking-a-quantum-leap-in-rare-earth-tech/2954.html"><h3 style="padding-top:0;">Seeking a quantum leap in rare earth tech</h3></a><h4 class=""><span><strong>Shane Lasley,</strong> Metal Tech News</span> | Sep 17, 2026</h4><p class="crop-text-3"><span>USA Rare Earth partners with Pasqal, Riven Systems to test quantum machine learning and autonomous labs on one of the toughest challenges in the rare earth supply chain. USA Rare Earth Inc. is leveraging the quantum computing expertise Pasqal has built off Nobel Prize-winning research and the Department of Energy-backed advanced separation platform developed by Riven Systems to overcome the highest hurdle to building complete rare earth supply chains in the West ...</span></p>
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971<a href="HTTPS://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2026/09/23/tech-metals/almonty-taps-spain-tailings-for-tungsten/2955.html" aria-label=""><img src="/IMG/Pplgow9tgXt1thfdjqu021sPnHyn3/XPATH/home/cms_data/dfault/photos/stories/id/5/5/2955/s_topXEXT1501x33235is.jpg" width="192" height="133" class="hover-img" alt="Aerial view of Los Santos processing plant and tailings area." loading="lazy"></a></figure>
972<a href="HTTPS://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2026/09/23/tech-metals/almonty-taps-spain-tailings-for-tungsten/2955.html"><h3 style="padding-top:0;">Almonty taps Spain tailings for tungsten</h3></a><h4 class=""><span><strong>A.J. Roan,</strong> Metal Tech News</span> | Sep 18, 2026</h4><p class="crop-text-3"><span>Sandvik deal backs Los Santos restart with long-term offtake. Moving to restart tungsten recovery from tailings at its Los Santos mine in Spain, Almonty Industries Inc. has entered a multi-year agreement to supply Sandvik Group subsidiary Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG with the resulting concentrate. Used across metalworking, mining, construction, aerospace, electronics and defense, tungsten is valued for its hardness, heat resistance, and density, making it difficult to...</span></p>
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974<a href="HTTPS://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2026/09/23/tech-metals/emco-to-acquire-battery-recycler-blackion/2961.html" aria-label=""><img src="/IMG/Pplgow9tgXs1thfbjqu021sPnHyn3/XPATH/home/cms_data/dfault/photos/stories/id/6/1/2961/s_topXEXT1501x33239is.jpg" width="192" height="133" class="hover-img" alt="Workers sort batteries and e-waste on a recycling conveyor." loading="lazy"></a></figure>
975<a href="HTTPS://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2026/09/23/tech-metals/emco-to-acquire-battery-recycler-blackion/2961.html"><h3 style="padding-top:0;">EMCO to acquire battery recycler Blackion</h3></a><h4 class=""><span><strong>A.J. Roan,</strong> Metal Tech News</span> | Sep 22, 2026</h4><p class="crop-text-3"><span>$13.2M deal adds feedstock, logistics and lifecycle capabilities. American Resources Corporation subsidiary Electrified Materials Corporation (EMCO) has signed a binding letter of intent to acquire Blackion LLC in an all-shares deal valued at $13.2 million, adding a company that manages used batteries, recovered materials, and supply-chain logistics to its battery recycling business. Across the growing U.S. battery industry, manufacturing scrap, off-spec cells and end-of-life...</span></p>
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977<a href="HTTPS://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2026/09/23/tech-metals/dow-backs-elmet-with-450m-tungsten-deal/2958.html" aria-label=""><img src="/IMG/FfWxsmCkqhh3bvYLuzsty3yin1Dw0/XPATH/home/cms_data/dfault/photos/stories/id/5/8/2958/s_topXEXT1501x33260is.jpg" width="192" height="133" class="hover-img" alt="American flags hang over machinery inside Elmet's factory." loading="lazy"></a></figure>
978<a href="HTTPS://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2026/09/23/tech-metals/dow-backs-elmet-with-450m-tungsten-deal/2958.html"><h3 style="padding-top:0;">DOW backs Elmet with $450M tungsten deal</h3></a><h4 class=""><span><strong>A.J. Roan,</strong> Metal Tech News</span> | Sep 21, 2026</h4><p class="crop-text-3"><span>Funding targets U.S. processing and North America's only APT plant. Backing a domestic tungsten supplier already tied to more than 100 U.S. defense programs, the U.S. Department of War has committed $450 million to The Elmet Group Co. to expand processing capacity and establish North America's only independent ammonium paratungstate (APT) facility. Prized for its hardness, heat resistance, density and durability, tungsten is used across missiles, munitions, aerospace and...</span></p>
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980<a href="HTTPS://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2026/09/23/tech-metals/connecting-utah-indium-to-us-supply-chains/2959.html" aria-label=""><img src="/IMG/_ZRzqsBlpZZPjzlJqbzrmBoc0CJvw/XPATH/home/cms_data/dfault/photos/stories/id/5/9/2959/s_topXEXT1501x33254is.jpg" width="192" height="133" class="hover-img" alt="West Desert indium being connected to decision-makers and supply chains." loading="lazy"></a></figure>
981<a href="HTTPS://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2026/09/23/tech-metals/connecting-utah-indium-to-us-supply-chains/2959.html"><h3 style="padding-top:0;">Connecting Utah indium to US supply chains</h3></a><h4 class=""><span><strong>Shane Lasley,</strong> Metal Tech News</span> | Sep 22, 2026</h4><p class="crop-text-3"><span>American West taps GreenMet to pursue federal funding, investors, offtake for West Desert. Seeking to connect one of the world's largest undeveloped indium deposits to American manufacturing supply chains at a time when the United States remains entirely reliant on imports for this critical metal, American West Metals Ltd. has engaged Washington, DC-based strategic advisory firm GreenMet to help advance its West Desert project in Utah. The engagement is aimed at connecting...</span></p>
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984<a href="HTTPS://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2026/09/16/tech-metals/usar-breaks-ground-on-12b-sc-magnet-plant/2946.html"><h3 style="padding-top:0;">USAR breaks ground on $1.2B SC magnet plant</h3></a><h4 class=""><span><strong>Shane Lasley,</strong> Metal Tech News</span> | Sep 11, 2026</h4><p class="crop-text-3"><span>USA Rare Earth facility targets 6,400 metric tons of magnets, 490 jobs. USA Rare Earth Inc. Sept. 9 broke ground on an 800,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Blacksburg, South Carolina, that is expected to produce 6,400 metric tons of sintered neodymium-iron-boron permanent magnets and 5,000 metric tons of strip-cast metal and alloy per year. Located on 124 acres in the Bailey Industrial Park in Cherokee County, the roughly $1.2 billion facility is scheduled to begin...</span></p>
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987<a href="HTTPS://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2026/09/16/tech-metals/doe-supports-mining-tech-proving-grounds/2947.html"><h3 style="padding-top:0;">DOE supports mining tech proving grounds</h3></a><h4 class=""><span><strong>Shane Lasley,</strong> Metal Tech News</span> | Sep 10, 2026</h4><p class="crop-text-3"><span>Four projects form a real-world testing network to move Mine of the Future technologies from lab to field To help turn the United States' in-the-ground mineral potential into secure critical mineral supply chains, the U.S. Department of Energy has selected four projects for roughly $73 million in federal funding to establish real-world proving grounds for innovative mining technologies. "Investing in moving cutting-edge mining technologies out of the lab and into the field...</span></p>
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