Copper price rises as markets assess omicron variant impact

Chip sampling on the property produced significant gold, silver, copper, zinc and lead results.

The cleanup is privately-funded but it’s being overseen by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection.

Zambia’s government this month began liquidation proceedings against Vedanta’s Konkola Copper Mines, after accusing Vedanta of lying about expansion plans and paying too little tax.

Unable to get funding from lenders like the IMF since defaulting on its debt in 1999, Zimbabwe has over the last five years relied on the African Export and Import Bank for mineral-backed loans

The causes that prompted a rock to fall down at the Pilar Norte mine are under investigation.

The new government intends to look into establishing a mining tax and analyzing the possibility of taxing capital gains from the sale of mining rights.

Vedanta is fighting Zambia's decision this month to name a provisional liquidator to run Vedanta Resources' 90,000 tonnes KCM business.

Benchmark copper prices on the London Metal Exchange, trading at around $5,850 a tonne, have tumbled nearly 9% this month.

Investors worry a referendum on mining in Imbabura, the province in which its flagship Cascabel copper-gold project is located, could jeopardize the mine's future.