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First Quantum kicks off operations at Zambian copper mine

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 31, 2014 | 2:24 pm Base Metals Africa Canada Europe Copper 

[caption id="attachment_812989" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Sentinel copper mine. (Image courtesy of First Quantum)[/caption] Canada’s First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM) has began operations at its Zambian Sentinel copper mine, which will feed an $850 million U.S. smelter despite the country's government saying that it...

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