Protesters take part in a symbolic shutdown of the Cobre Panama mine, owned by Canada's First Quantum, just over a month after the Panamanian supreme court declared unconstitutional the contract to operate the lucrative copper deposit near the Caribbean coast of the isthmus, in Donoso, Panama, January 9, 2024. REUTERS/Roberto Cisneros
COLON, Panama (Reuters) - About 500 people on Tuesday protested at First Quantum's copper mine in Panama to pressure the Canadian miner and authorities to follow through on plans to close the site, weeks after the Supreme Court declared its contract unconstitutional.
Even days before the Supreme Court's November ruling over the contract to operate the lucrative Cobre Panama mine, the site had already effectively been shuttered after protesters blocked access to the port that serves it.
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