The history of Zika virus. The rise in the spread of Zika virus has been accompanied by a rise in cases of microcephaly and Guillain-BarrÃ© syndrome. First identified in Uganda in 1947 in monkeys, Zika was later identified in humans in 1952. The first large outbreak of disease caused by Zika infection was reported from the Island of Yap in 2007. There are currently several countries experiencing Zika virus outbreaks.
In 2014, copper mining produced about 15 metric tons of gold, worth $600 million, which represented 7% of US gold production. Other byproducts of the copper extraction process included silver, and minor amounts of rhenium and platinum-group metals.Sulfuric acid is recovered at copper smelters.opper mining activity increased in the early 2000s because of increased price: the price increased from an average of $0.76 per pound for the year 2002, to $3.02 per pound for 2007.
1 Pure copper rarely occurs in nature. 2  It is found in minerals such as azurite, malachite and bornite. 3  It is obtained by smelting, leaching or electrolysis. 4  Each year about 6,540,000 tons of copper is mined in the United States, Zaire, Zambia, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Russia and Australia.