The number of women working in Chile’s mining sector grew by 40% in the past 12 months.

Enticed by high copper prices, thieves are sneaking in and stripping metal from power cables.

Zambia's previous government put KCM into the hands of liquidator Milingo Lungu, triggering an ongoing legal dispute with Vedanta.

The proposal now returns to the environmental commission, where it will be renegotiated before facing a second vote.

Article 27 would grant the state exclusive rights to lithium, rare earth metals and hydrocarbons while also making the state a majority shareholder of any copper mines.

Country is currently studying 145 applications for exploration licenses from foreign companies.

The Fed on Wednesday raised its benchmark overnight interest rate by half a percentage point, the biggest jump in 22 years.