Canadian-owned Cobre Panamá mine kiboshed

Mass protest and a Supreme Court ruling resulted in the shuttering of one of the world's largest copper mines. But what comes next?

Panamanian protestors rally in November against the Cobre Panama copper mine, which is owned by Vancouver-based First Quantum Minerals. (Creative Commons/SportingVVE)

Cobre Panamá, one of the world’s largest copper mines, has been ordered closed by embattled Panamanian president Laurentino Cortizo after two months of protest focused on economic, environm…