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Protests against copper mining rocked Panama last week, prompting the government to put a controversial mining contract up for a public vote. Demonstrators say they will stay in the streets until the contract is suspended.
A helicopter from Panama's National Aeronaval Service disappeared Sunday while carrying out a mission in the west of the Central American country, the agency said.
As of Friday March 17, the SMM Imported Copper Concentrate Index (weekly) stood at $75.58/mt, $0.71/mt lower than March 10. During the week, copper concentrate spot transactions were quite active. There were multiple spot transactions of clean ore between mines and smelters with TCs of $73-74/mt, scheduled for shipment mostly in May and the second quarter.
Miner suspended ore processing operations on Feb. 23 after a Panama government order halted its loading permissions at the port.
Panama's Maritime Authority has lifted a suspension on First Quantum Minerals' operations at the port of Punta Rincon, which…