Rare Shark Spotted for the First Time in Panama’s Eastern Pacific


News from Panama

In May 2022, during a submarine expedition to the Cordillera de Coiba seamounts in Pacific Panama, a remarkable discovery unfolded: the sighting of twelve prickly sharks (Echinorhinus cookei), a rare bottom-dwelling species. This marked the first documented living evidence of the species in Panama’s eastern Pacific region. The findings were recently described in the Journal of […]

March 22, 2024

Panama orders First Quantum’s copper mine closure


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Panama has asked Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) to halt its Cobre Panama copper mine following a ruling by the Supreme Court that declared the mining contract for the operation unconstitutional. President Laurentino Cortizo took to social media late on Tuesday to announce his government had started “the transition process for the orderly and safe closure of […]

December 1, 2023

EnfraGen is the new owner of two solar farms located in Aguadulce and David, as well as a hydroelectric project in Gualaca, Chiriquí.


News from Panama

In an agreement between companies with a presence in the region, EnfraGen acquired from the energy company Celsia, a hydroelectric project and two solar farms that operated in Panama. Through a press release, Celsia reported that she reached an agreement with EnfraGen to sell her the Dos Mares hydroelectric unit, with a capacity of 119 MW, which […]

May 5, 2023

Two companies interested in maintenance of the Centennial bridge


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Two companies presented proposals for the public tender for the best value of the maintenance and rehabilitation project of the Centenario bridge. The fixed reference price reaches $5.6 million and the proposing companies were the CAA Centennial Bridge Rehabilitation Consortium (Centroequipos S.A., ARD Engineering INC., ATP Electronics, S.A.) with the sum of $ $6.2 million and […]

March 17, 2023