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First Quantum halts $6.4bn Panama copper project

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 27, 2014 | 1:45 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Canada Europe Latin America Copper Gold Silver 

[caption id="attachment_788634" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Cobre Panama open-pit copper development project. (Image from archives)[/caption] Minera Panama, a subsidiary of Canada’s First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM) (LON:FQM) has temporarily halted construction at its massive US$6.4 billion copper-gold-silver Cobre Panama project because of a...

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