Panama panel backs path to Cobre Panama restart
Panama should negotiate a restart of First Quantum Minerals’ (TSX: FM) Cobre Panama mine to fund its eventual orderly closure without burdening the state, a ministerial committee has recommended to…
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Africa critical-minerals pipeline surges as output lags
Africa’s critical-minerals pipeline has expanded by 36% since early 2025, but the surge in exploration and development isn’t yet translating into much new production, according to an updated database compiled…
Editorial: The money is already here
Despite a sharp escalation in the Canada-U.S. trade dispute, global investors are already voting with their wallets ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Sept. 14-15 investment summit in Toronto. Total…
Cobre Panama restart hopes rise as thousands return to mine
First Quantum Minerals’ (TSX: FM) hopes of restarting its halted Cobre Panamá copper mine received a boost Tuesday as government officials met workers and suppliers while weighing the giant operation’s…
Top 10: Agnico, Barrick lead list of Canada miners
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX, NYSE: NEM) leads the list of Canadian miners by market value at $79.5 billion (C$112.8 billion). Agnico runs the country’s largest mines by output: Canadian Malartic and Detour Lake. The…
First Quantum adds 1,000 jobs as Cobre Panama restart nears
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) stepped up preparations to restart its Cobre Panama mine by beginning stockpile processing ahead of schedule and adding about 1,000 jobs. Formal negotiations with Panama…
Panama mulls state miner to revive Cobre Panama
Panama is considering creating a government mining company to partner with First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) in a move that could reopen the shuttered Cobre Panama copper mine, Reuters reported…
Copper price nearing US record as premium doubles, Shanghai stockpiles drop 82%
Copper surged to its highest in more than a month on Tuesday as evidence of a tightening physical market in China piled up and traders rebuilt bets that Washington will…
First Quantum explores Taca Taca stake sale: report
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) is exploring the sale of a minority stake in its giant Taca Taca copper project in Argentina as the world’s largest miners and strategic investors…
Panama to release First Quantum copper mine audit
Panama plans to publish the final audit of First Quantum Minerals’ (TSX: FM) shuttered copper mine on Friday as anti-mining protests re-emerge and expectations grow over the government’s next move…
Panama has lost $3.5B from mine halt: First Quantum
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) said the suspension of its Cobre Panamá copper mine has cost Panama an estimated $3.5 billion in lost economic contribution over the past two years,…
CHART: First Quantum’s Peru project joins copper giants
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) has outlined the La Granja project it holds with Rio Tinto (ASX. LSE, NYSE: RIO) in Peru as one of the copper sector’s largest undeveloped…