Panama president sees no environmental threat from copper at closed First Quantum mine
Environmentalists as well as mining companies had raised concerns over risks from leaving the copper on site.
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said Thursday the country’s copper giant Codelco will remain state-owned in a bid to ease fears that the company will be privatized.
Codelco, the world’s largest copper-producing company, “belongs to all Chileans,” and any attempt to privatize it was to be ruled out, Pinera said.
