PANAMA CITY — The Canadian mining business whose agreement with Panama’s federalgovernment has setoff weeks of demonstrations stated Monday that it hasactually lowered operations and quickly might have to suspend them due to a blockade of its myown’s power plant.
Minera Panama, the regional subsidiary of First Quantum Minerals, stated in a declaration that little boats had obstructed its port in Colon province, avoiding materials from reaching the copper mine.
“If the prohibited actions continue hampering the required products to run the power plant, the business will lower the staying processing train this week and will briefly suspend production,” the declaration stated.
Last week, marine cops reported that a ship bring coal chose to turn back rather than dock in the myown’s port due to “hostility from a group of protesters who from their boats tossed rocks and blunt homemade items” before being distributed