Category Archives: Hudbay

Copper World’s high production of sulfuric acid poses serious pollution and water depletion threat to Santa Cruz River Valley

Hudbay Minerals’ radically revised plan to mine copper from the Santa Rita Mountains 35 miles south of Tucson increases water use and threatens to further contaminate the Santa Cruz River basin by relying on a rarely used copper ore processing technology that … Continue reading

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Hudbay says it is developing plans to build at least three open-pit copper mines on west side of Santa Rita Mountains

Four years after stating there were substantial copper resources adjacent to the proposed Rosemont Mine on the northeast flank of the Santa Rita Mountains, Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals, Inc. is now saying it plans to develop at least three open-pit mines … Continue reading

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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

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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

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Pima County reaffirms resolution opposing Rosemont Mine

The Pima County Board of Supervisors on April 16 reaffirmed a 2007 resolution opposing construction of the proposed $1.9 billion Rosemont Copper Mine. The 3-2 vote, which fell along party lines, included language to direct County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry to … Continue reading

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