The presidential candidate for free nomination, Melitón Arrocha, defines himself as a “pragmatic politician” willing to promote the strategic assets of Panama, including the controversy mine of copper closed in 2023, to face the storm that is seen on the horizon of the country that has been one of the countries with the greatest economic […]
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Panama: government approves plan for orderly closure of copper mine
The Panamanian Government approved this Tuesday the plan for the “orderly closure” of the copper mine operated by Minera Panamá, a subsidiary of the Canadian First Quantum Minerals (FQM)disqualified since last November when Justice declared “unconstitutional” the contract that renewed its concession. The action plan to execute the closure of the Panama Cobre Mine, the […]
Five years since the Brumadinho mining tragedy: a “crime” awaiting justice
Five years after the Brumadinho mining disaster, in Brazil, firefighters are still looking for three of the 270 deceased, while the families of the victims wait for justice to be done against what they consider a “irreparable crime” from the multinational Vale. It was 12:28 local time on January 25, 2019 when an 86-meter-high dam […]
Death toll rises to 13 in mine explosion in central China
The number of deaths from a burst in a mine of coal in the central Chinese province of Henan it rose to 13 as of Sunday night, while three other people remained missing, state media reported in the last few hours. Thus, the number of victims increased by three compared to the previous report, which […]
Cessation of a mine hits the economy and will increase uncertainty in 2024 in Panama
The cessation of operations of Panama Copperthe fourteenth largest copper mine in the world in terms of production and the largest in Central Americarepresents a hard blow to the country’s economy precisely at the gates of 2024, an election year and, therefore, full of uncertainty, analysts said. The experts valued that the Panamanian economy is […]
Arequipa: Cerro Verde mining company only wants to pay $1.61 per m3 of water for its operations
Sedapar and the Cerro Verde mining company They will be forced to enter into dialogue starting in October to negotiate a new agreement on the use of wastewater from Arequipa’s drains. This wastewater used to be discharged without prior treatment into the Chili River during decades. Cerro Verde captures these waters, processes them at the […]
Due to the paralyzed mine, Peru loses $10 million a day
Committed future. Thousands of direct and indirect jobs are at risk due to suspension of operations. Subnational governments will not have a budget for works due to income reduction. In addition, future investments will be diluted. He Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country is at risk due to the stoppage of the main mining […]
BonoGas: how to install free natural gas in my house with the Minem program?
Are you thinking of installing natural gas in your home? You can take advantage of BonoGas, a program of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) that seeks to massify the use of this resource. East government bond has allowed more than 3 million Peruvians to access the benefits of fuel economic Y sureafter specifying […]
Pedro Castillo delays way out of Petroperú’s crisis
Yesterday, at the beginning of the day, President Pedro Castillo received Economy Minister Oscar Graham for almost an hour. According to the record of visits from the presidential office, it was the first meeting that the president had and where he collected information on the financial situation of Petroperú and the scope that the rating […]
MEF defends its privileges and denies support for Petroperú’s management
After the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem), in its capacity as president and majority shareholder of the General Meeting of Shareholders of Petroperú, will order the Ministry of Economy to give its full support to the current management of the company, the office led by Oscar Graham rejected the invitation and counterattacked. Strong defense […]