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Recent Posts
- 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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Pima County ratchets up opposition to Rosemont Mine as Army Corps Clean Water Act permitting decision looms
Pima County has provided additional information to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Division Commander and staff to bolster their long-standing opposition to the proposed Rosemont mine. In a series of five letters written since September, Pima County provided the … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water Act, Endangered Species, Groundwater, Hudbay, Recreation, water
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Harper’s turns its sharp eye on Rosemont and Resolution mines
The September issue of Harper’s Magazine reports on proposals by foreign companies to construct two massive copper mines on environmentally sensitive landscapes held sacred by Arizona Native American tribes. Written by Tucson-based journalist Mort Rosenblum and graced with stunning photography by … Continue reading
Audubon Society urges feds to reject Rosemont Mine permit
The Tucson Audubon Society has requested that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deny a crucial Clean Water Act permit needed for the proposed Rosemont Copper Mine because of environmental threats to its internationally-famous birding center near Patagonia. The Paton … Continue reading
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Proposed state stream rule changes could help Rosemont Mine
Arizona environmental regulators are considering rule changes that could weaken protections for streams that would help clear the way for construction of the proposed Rosemont Copper Mine in the Santa Rita Mountains on the Coronado National Forest southeast of Tucson. … Continue reading
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The EPA concludes Rosemont Copper Mine fails to meet regulatory requirements needed for Clean Water Act permit
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently notified the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals’ environmental mitigation plan for the proposed $1.9 billion Rosemont Copper Mine fails to address its impacts to southern Arizona’s water resources and fails … Continue reading
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