Canadian 採掘 company starts 仲裁 in 事例/患者 of の近くにd 巡査 地雷 in パナマ

PANAMA CITY (AP) - Canada´s First Quantum Minerals Ltd. 発表するd Friday it has requested 仲裁 訴訟/進行s to fight a Panamanian 決定/判定勝ち(する) to 停止(させる) a major open-炭坑,オーケストラ席 巡査 地雷 譲歩 in パナマ or 得る 損害賠償金.

First Quantum said one 仲裁 was requested under the Canada-パナマ 解放する/自由な 貿易(する) 協定. It has also started 訴訟/進行s before the International 法廷,裁判所 of 仲裁, which would 会合,会う in Miami, Florida, the company said in a 声明.

In a historic 判決,裁定 on Tuesday, パナマ´s 最高裁判所 宣言するd that 法律制定 認めるing the 地雷 a 20-year 譲歩 was 憲法違反の. That 決定/判定勝ち(する) was celebrated by thousands of Panamanians 行動主義者s who had argued the 事業/計画(する) would 損失 a forested 沿岸の area and 脅す water 供給(する)s.

First Quantum said it requested 仲裁 from the international パネル盤 on Wednesday and that it had 始めるd 訴訟/進行s under the 自由貿易 協定 even before the 法廷,裁判所 判決,裁定. It did not say what 治療(薬) or 損害賠償金 it was 捜し出すing, but did say it was open to 会談.

First Quantum's 子会社, Cobre パナマ, "繰り返し言うs that transparency and 同意/服従 with the 法律 has always been 根底となる for the 開発 of its 操作/手術s and remains open to 建設的な 対話 ーするために reach 合意," the company said.

The 地雷, which would be の近くにd by the 法廷,裁判所 判決,裁定, has been an important 経済的な engine for the country since the 地雷 began large-規模 生産/産物 in 2019.

But moves this year to 認める the company the 20-year 譲歩 誘発する/引き起こすd 大規模な 抗議するs that 麻ひさせるd the Central American nation for over a month, 動員するing a 幅の広い 列 of society, 含むing Indigenous communities, who said the 地雷 was destroying 重要な ecosystems.

The company has said the 地雷 生成するs 40,000 職業s, 含むing 7,000 direct 職業s, and that it 与える/捧げるs the 同等(の) of 5% of パナマ´s GDP.

The 会社/堅い said it would take time to 適切に の近くに the 地雷.

"The 法廷,裁判所´s 決定/判定勝ち(する) does not take into account a planned and managed 終結 シナリオ, in which 重要な 環境の 対策 are 要求するd to be 器具/実施するd to 持続する the 環境の safety of the 場所/位置 during this 過程," 含むing water 治療 and the 貯蔵 of 地雷 tailings.

パナマ two weeks ago received an 初期の 支払い(額) of $567 million from First Quantum under the new 契約 that was 完結するd in October. 予定 to the 合法的な 論争, the 量 went 直接/まっすぐに to a 制限するd account.

The 契約 also 規定するd that パナマ would receive at least $375 million 毎年 from the 採掘 company, an 量 that critics considered 不十分な.

Cobre パナマ published a scathing 声明 on Wednesday 説 the 最高裁判所 決定/判定勝ち(する) will likely have a 消極的な 経済的な 衝撃 and 警告するd that 欠如(する) of 維持/整備 of drainage systems in the 地雷s could have "壊滅的な consequences."

The move also "puts at 危険" all of パナマ´s other 商売/仕事 契約s, the company said.

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