Industry Segment: Market Brief | Word Count: 92 Words
Attachment: Copper

First Quantum Minerals shipped its first copper from Panama's recently operational Cobre Panama mine. The company spent more than $5.5 billion on an open-pit mine, concentrator, 32-kilometer slurry pipeline and port terminal at Punta Rincon. In addition to this project, Industrial Info is monitoring 108 copper ore mining projects amounting to about $43 billion under construction around the world. Chile, Peru, Mongolia, China and the U.S. lead in this category. Click here for a project list.