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The company is also considering whether to appeal a decision earlier on Thursday to reject Vedanta’s request to be joined to the liquidation proceedings.

Eros Copper Corp is focused on copper production in the Vale do Curaca Property in Brazil where it has been operating for 39 years.

The goal is to have the project shovel ready in the first half of 2020 followed by commercial production in 2021.

When the preliminary economic assessment was delivered in 2011, the cost of the Pebble project was estimated at US$5.76 billion.

The government received expressions of interest for the unit, Konkola Copper Mines, from companies based in Turkey, Russia, India, Canada and China.

The Tenke Fungurume mine is one of the largest in Democratic Republic of Congo, which is Africa's leading copper producer and the world's top miner of cobalt.

Capital projects were overshadowed when investors turned their attention to other markets. That's all changing.

Striking miners and police clashed earlier on Tuesday, with authorities using rubber bullets and tear gas as workers tried to block access to the state-owned firm's mine.

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