Panama's congress backtracks to preserve controversial Canadian mining contract
An indefinite moratorium on new mining activities passed a second vote in Panama's National Assembly Thursday. The bill had already passed a second debate on Wednesday while it still included an article revoking the government's contract with Minera Panama, a local subsidiary of Canadian mining company First Quantum. Lawmakers reversed that decision Thursday, sending the bill back to a second debate and stripping the article specifically related to the Minera Panama contract.
Source: yahoo.com
