** Shares of Canada-based tungsten concentrate producer Almonty Industries AII.TO rise 6.7% to C$6.09
** Company is considering buying a U.S. tungsten asset, Bloomberg News reports
** The possible acquisition is AII's latest effort to boost its U.S. presence after listing shares on the Nasdaq in July and announcing plans to re-domicile to Delaware, the report adds
** CEO Lewis Black, in an interview last week, did not name the asset or the location
** Including session's moves, AII shares rise 346.2% YTD
(Reporting by Sumit Saha in Bengaluru)
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