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- University of Arizona is advancing Copper World by quietly approving utility corridors across world-class research site
- After making a secret right-of-way deal, the State Land Department is poised to auction land for Copper World’s waste dumps
- Hudbay will initially export all copper produced at its proposed Copper World mine
- Hudbay wavers in its commitment that Rosemont/Copper World will produce copper for U.S. markets
- Canadian company planning Copper World/Rosemont mine complex is seeking buyer or merger partners
- USGS rejects request by six U.S. senators to add copper to Critical Minerals List
- Hudbay sets benchmarks to build Copper World/Rosemont mine complex
- Copper World’s high production of sulfuric acid poses serious pollution and water depletion threat to Santa Cruz River Valley
- Hudbay says it is developing plans to build at least three open-pit copper mines on west side of Santa Rita Mountains
- Hudbay tells investors and analysts that it owns enough land to mine the western side of the Santa Rita Mountains
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Hudbay tells investors and analysts that it owns enough land to mine the western side of the Santa Rita Mountains
Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals executives said Tuesday there is sufficient space on its private 1,250-acre Copper World site on the west side of the Santa Rita Mountains to construct open-pit mines and processing facilities to handle recent discoveries of high-grade sulfide … Continue reading
Posted in Hudbay, Investors, Western Claims
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Rosemont will destroy Santa Rita Mountains to export copper overseas
Arizona’s unrefined copper concentrate exports are soaring at the same time two foreign-owned, multinational mining companies are planning to construct the Rosemont and Resolution copper mines. The mines would be among the largest in the country, raising questions of whether … Continue reading
Posted in General, Hudbay, Trade, Transportation
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Pima County lighting suit underscores adverse economic impacts of the proposed Rosemont Mine
Pima County has filed a lawsuit alleging that the Rosemont Copper Co. is in violation of the county’s outdoor lighting regulations by failing to submit a lighting plan for exploratory drilling at Rosemont’s proposed mine site in the Coronado National … Continue reading
Posted in Deceptions, Economics
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More trouble for Mexico mine, work stopped because of toxic waste spill
Local farmers have joined forces with striking miners in stopping work at the Buenavista de Cobre open-pit copper mine near Canenea, Sonora, MX. The mine is owned by Grupo Mexico and is reportedly the second largest in the world. Heavy … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water Act, water
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Another Rosemont permit challenged in court
Augusta Resource Corporation’s Rosemont copper project is facing another permitting challenge after the southern Arizona citizen’s coalition Save the Scenic Santa Ritas filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to overturn a state air quality permit. The coalition alleges in the lawsuit that the state Arizona … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality
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