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Panama Copper Mine Is Winding Down Amid Blockade, Union Says
First Quantum Ltd.’s copper mine in Panama is winding down operations as a blockade of small boats at a port restricts key supplies such as coal for energy, a union leader said. Workers continued to leave the site early Thursday, Michael Camacho from the Utramipa union said in text messages. He urged the government and police to intervene in the port blockade in order to get back to work. “We are worried as a union because the authorities do not say anything,” Camacho said. First Quantum, which didn’t immediately provide a comment, had warned it would be forced to shut the mine if the blockade continued to ... (full story)