PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panama President Jose Raul Mulino said he will begin reviewing First Quantum Mineral’s shuttered Panama copper mine next week and ordered the restart of a power plant needed for its operations, he told reporters on Thursday.
Panama’s government under Mulino’s predecessor ordered First Quantum to shut down the open-pit mine in late 2023 following protests, leading to questions surrounding maintenance of the massive mine, Cobre Panama, and stockpiled copper concentrate.
Mulino did not specify the purpose for the restart of the 300-megawatt thermoelectric plant that had been used to power the mine.
(Reporting by Elida Moreno and Divya Rajagopal; Writing by Daina Beth Solomon)
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