Ivanhoe to start copper exploration in Angola
The Canadian miner has been granted exploration rights over an area the size of Switzerland for an initial period of five years.
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First Quantum says two contractors died in Zambia
The Canadian miner has also halted its massive copper mine in Panama as the country's Supreme Court debates whether to cancel the mining contract.
China’s property stimulus creates iron ore price conundrum
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First Quantum warns of arbitration as Panama weighs copper contract
Canada's First Quantum Minerals sent two notifications of intent to start an arbitration process against Panama.
El Salvador wants humanitarian corridor for truckers stranded in Panama over mining protests
El Salvador is asking the Panamanian government and civil society leaders to allow Salvadoran truckers to return home.
Peru suspends mining concessions in ecologically sensitive area of its northernmost department
A supreme decree suspends, for 12 months, new mining petitions or concessions near the basin of the Nanay River.
Panama copper miners attacked by protesters, union boss says
Protesters attacked workers leaving the Cobre Panama mine early Sunday.
