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Slowly but surely at Cobre Panama

While building Cobre Panama, First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM) must have glanced at the management cliche limiting a project to two of the following: speed, low cost or quality.

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Major infrastructure at Cobre Panama is on track, although tricky weather conditions in the Panamanian jungle could slow tailings dam works

Major infrastructure at Cobre Panama is on track, although tricky weather conditions in the Panamanian jungle could slow tailings dam works

BMO Capital Markets analyst Alex Terentiew visited the Cobre Panama site this week, and said First Quantum was clearly taking its time to get the mine right from the time production starts. "By focusing...

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