El Salvador lawmakers overturn national mining ban
The legislation will grant the Salvadoran government sole authority over mining activities within the country's land and maritime territory.
Chinese miner Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd said on Friday that its net profits in the first half of the year surged 174.6% on an annual basis thanks to global economic recovery and robust metals demand.
In the first half of the year, the gold and copper producer earned 6.6 billion yuan ($1.02 billion), it said in a filing to the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
($1 = 6.4615 Chinese yuan renminbi)
(By Min Zhang and Meg Shen; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
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