Opponents of Resolution copper mine converge …
More than 100 high school students, environmentalists, veterans and social justice activists ran and marched in a three-day event to protest a planned copper mine beneath Oak Flat, a site east of ...
Panama president pushes back against Canadian copper mine protests
Demonstrators and police clashed Tuesday in Panama as protests over a copper mine spilled into their fifth day, with President Laurentino Cortizo vowing he would prosecute acts of "vandalism."
Arizona needs mining, GOP lawmakers say, as Apache runners protest …
The hearing took place as, 125 miles away, a group of runners made a nearly 100-mile trek from the San Carlos Apache Reservation to Mount Graham to protest a proposed copper mine and raise ...
MMG shuts Las Bambas copper mine due to protests
Nationwide protests continued on Wednesday, in the eighth week of the South American country's political crisis, local news outlets reported. ... The copper mine, which accounts for 2% of the ...
Glencore copper mine in Peru struck by vandals, cars torched
Vandals attacked Glencore's Antapaccay copper mine in Peru on Thursday, the country's top mining official said, amid a deepening political crisis marked by violent protests that have broken out ...
Panama to shut one of world's largest copper mines after …
Remove from myFT. Panama to shut one of world's largest copper mines after court ruling. First Quantum Minerals' contract to operate facility struck down amid …
Protests Over Copper Mining Contract Push Panama to a …
A contentious mining contract has plunged Panama into protest, triggering its most significant episode of social upheaval in decades. Since Oct. 16, the public has taken to the streets in historic ...
Protesters march in Panama against the contract extension …
As calls grew to close the site, copper rallied 6 per cent in the past five weeks, taking the price to $8,550 per tonne. Panamanian protesters on TikTok and …
Panama's Protests Are About More Than a Mine
Reading Time: 4 minutes Massive protests roiling Panama over a copper mine worth around 4% of the country's GDP are the latest sign of discontent in the country, casting doubt on the future of mining and posing a major challenge for President Laurentino Cortizo's government ahead of elections next May.. In the demonstrations, …
Las Bambas: Peru copper mine halts operations amid protests …
Chinese mining firm MMG has announced that from Wednesday it will suspend operations at its Las Bambas mine in southern Peru "due to safety concerns" amid ongoing protests. Las Bambas is one of ...
Panamanians Protest Environmental Impact Of Copper Mine …
It centers on the Canadian mining company First Quantum, which has produced 350,000 tons of copper in Panama since 2019 and added 5% to the country's total gross domestic product.
State of emergency in Peru as protests hit copper output
Peru has declared a state of emergency near Southern Copper Corp's (NYSE: SCCO) Cuajone copper mine as protests have caused the Andean nation to halt 20% of its copper output.
Peru's mining south, rocked by violence, braces for 'endless …
In Peru's south, a mining region that has been roiled by deadly protests over the ouster of former leftist President Pedro Castillo, protest leaders say they are ready for an "endless battle ...
Panama celebrates court order to cancel mine even as …
For more than a month, protests against Central America's largest open-pit copper mine have held Panama in a state of siege. Roadblocks have caused gas and …
Mining protests halt 20% of copper output in world's No. 2 …
Protests in Peru against its mighty copper industry halted production at two of its top mines accounting for 20% of national output on Wednesday, as new demonstrations targeted Glencore's ...
San Carlos Apache call for international intervention over copper mine …
The mine could produce up to 40 billion pounds of copper over 40 years, and operators say it would provide approximately 1,500 jobs and millions in tax revenue and compensation.
How a Copper Mine Prompted Mass Protests in Panama
How a Copper Mine Prompted Mass Protests in Panama Extracting the critical minerals needed for the energy transition is proving socially explosive. Osborn-Catherine-foreign-policy-columnist15 ...
2 demonstrators die in Panama during latest protests over …
The contract, given final approval Oct. 20, allows the local subsidiary of Canadian mining company First Quantum Minerals to continue operating an open-pit copper mine in a richly biodiverse jungle west of the capital for the next 20 years — with the possibility of extending for a further 20 years if the mine remains productive. Since ...
How Apache Stronghold's fight to protect Oak Flat in central …
May 24, 2020: A Rio Tinto iron mining project destroys two rock shelters that were inhabited by Indigenous people for 46,000 years in Juukan Gorge in Western Australia state, prompting the resignation of the company CEO.. Jan. 12, 2021: Apache Stronghold sues the federal government, saying the Forest Service cannot legally transfer the land …
Panama's High Court Prizes Ecosystems Over Copper Mining …
Protests, involving students, doctors, bishops, workers, teachers, and indigenous people, have been ongoing for a week, focused on the largest copper mine in Central America.
Panama to shut one of world's largest copper mines after …
Copper prices were driven upwards on Tuesday by news that workers at the Las Bambas mine in Peru, which is owned by China-backed MMG and produces about 2 per cent of global copper supply, had ...
Mass protests over copper mine risk Panama's business …
Swelling protests in Panama against a large copper mine have shocked politicians and investors, with the strength of opposition to the project and the government response casting a cloud over the ...
Native Americans protest proposed copper mine in Arizona
In Arizona, members of the San Carlos Tribe and other activists from around the Southwest are beginning a 40-mile run and protest to the site of a proposed copper …
Panama's Supreme Court declares 20-year contract for Canadian copper
A protester holds a banner with a hashtag that reads in Spanish: "Get out mining", as protesters learn that Panama's Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a 20-year concession for a Canadian copper mine that had sparked weeks of protests, in Panama City, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023.
BHP cuts copper output outlook over Chile protests
Copper production from ndida is now expected between 1,000 thousand tonnes (kt) and 1,030 kt for 2022, down from its previous range of 1,020 kt to 1,080 kt, resulting in a slight downgrade to ...
A US appeals court ruling could allow mine development on …
3 of 3 | . FILE - Naelyn Pike, who is Chiricahua Apache, leads a prayer outside the federal courthouse in Phoenix, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. An Apache group that has fought to protect land it considers sacred from a copper mining project in central Arizona suffered a significant blow Friday, March 1, 2024, when a divided federal court …
Peru community to suspend Antamina protest that rattled markets
A rural community in Peru will lift its blockade of the country's largest copper mine Antamina on Wednesday after protests forced miners to suspend operations, the Peruvian Ministry of Energy and ...
Protests against copper mine deal turn deadly in Panama
By Patrick Oppmann, CNN (CNN) — Anti-mining protests that have roiled Panama for the last two weeks turned deadly on Tuesday when a man allegedly shot and killed two demonstrators, according to ...
Canadian mining company at centre of deadly Panama protests …
The Canadian mining company that controls a massive copper mine in Panama says it has no plans to alter its operations despite widespread local protests against the firm's mining contract that ...
Insight: Peru community wants its land back, threatening Chinese copper
Item 1 of 5 Members of the indigenous community of Huancuire camp near the Las Bambas copper mine as part of a protest to demand the land they call ancestral lands, to be returned to the ...