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  "angle": "Oil, gas, metals and lithium producers turned a strong quarter into dividends and buybacks, while Albemarle trimmed future spending.",
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      "text": "Texas Pacific Land reported Q3 2026 revenue of $273.4 million and net income of $167.4 million, the company reported.",
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          "markdown": "Texas Pacific Land reported consolidated revenue of 273.4 million dollars for the third quarter of 2026 and net income of 167.4 million dollars, or 2.42 dollars per diluted share, the company reported in its filing. Oil and gas royalty revenue was 167.3 million dollars on production of 42.3 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day.",
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          "markdown": "Coeur Mining reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of 1.0 billion dollars, up 77 percent year on year, with quarterly net income of 109 million dollars, or 0.11 dollars per share, the company reported. Its cash balance increased to 1.2 billion dollars, and it has repurchased 231 million dollars of common stock since mid-May 2026.",
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          "markdown": "Coeur declared a second dividend of 0.02 dollars per share payable on December 16, 2026, and said it expects record full-year 2026 adjusted EBITDA above 2 billion dollars and free cash flow above 1.3 billion dollars, with full-year production targets of 630,000 ounces of gold, 18.7 million ounces of silver and 40.0 million pounds of copper.",
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          "markdown": "Albemarle's quarter shows the same pattern in lithium and specialties: the company reported net sales of 1.553 billion dollars, up 18.8 percent year on year, and adjusted EBITDA of 645.5 million dollars, up 186.1 percent. Energy storage net sales were 1.1188 billion dollars, up 57.9 percent, and specialties net sales were 388.6 million dollars, up 12.7 percent.",
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          "markdown": "Magnolia Oil & Gas reported third-quarter adjusted net income of 166.3 million dollars and adjusted EBITDAX of 392.0 million dollars, the company reported, alongside net income of 80.5 million dollars. It increased its share-repurchase authorisation by 15 million shares and declared a quarterly dividend of 0.18 dollars per share payable on December 1, 2026.",
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          "markdown": "Magnolia also gave a detailed spending plan: it expects fourth-quarter 2026 total production of 159 to 161 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day, and estimates 2027 drilling and completion capital spending of 900 to 950 million dollars, with about 65 percent of 2027 activity targeted at the Austin Chalk and 35 percent at the Eagle Ford.",
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