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Judi Lynn

(163,804 posts)
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 02:27 AM Mar 2025

Aerial views of a controversial copper mine

By MATIAS DELACROIX
Updated 10:04 PM CDT, March 21, 2025

DONOSO, Panama (AP) — Between emerald sea and jungled hills, the Cobre Panama copper mine has fueled mass protests across the Central American country.

Buried in the rolling hills and dense jungles of Panama’s eastern Caribbean Donoso region, the mine is marked by heavy machinery and rubble slicing into the earth, clashing with the vivid blues and green of the vast nature enveloping it.

More than a year ago, it became the heart of protests rippling across Panama.

The country-wide protests blocked off roads and fueled shortages in much of the country, prompting Panama’s Supreme Court to halt operations.

Now, the new administration is signaling that the mine may roar back to life.

More:
https://apnews.com/article/panama-copper-mine-photo-gallery-b337141f653a3749c01fc416b2b6a31f


Will Trump stick his snout into this problem, too? No doubt he will.

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Aerial views of a controversial copper mine (Original Post) Judi Lynn Mar 2025 OP
Those machines lookntiny from the air but they must be huge Demovictory9 Mar 2025 #1
Copper factors big in the future electrification of the world. CentralMass Mar 2025 #2

CentralMass

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2. Copper factors big in the future electrification of the world.
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 03:14 AM
Mar 2025

A limiting factor in being able to replace gasoline powered vehicles with battery EV's is not having enough copper with the current mining capacity to make the cables required in the EV's

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