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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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Key Facts About the Proposed Rosemont Mine
Junior Canadian mining company Rosemont Copper and its parent company, Augusta Resource, are spending significant amounts of money attempting to convince southern Arizonans that their proposed, massive open pit copper mine in the Santa Rita mountains will not adversely impact … Continue reading
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Rosemont’s Sturgess thinks its “crazy” to expect an open and transparent government
In Wednesday’s Green Valley News, Rosemont Vice President Jaime Sturgess said that concerns about Rosemont’s participation in the Forest Service’s cooperating agency meeting were “crazy.” He said, “[w]e go to meetings when we’re invited and we’re required to attend them. … Continue reading
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Interesting Letter to the Editor in the Green Valley from an “Engineer of Mines”
It can be found here. It addresses the obvious challenges of mine reclamation in a desert environment and geology.
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Op-Ed Addressing Rosemont’s Perversion of the Truth
The October 15th edition of Inside Tucson Business has an op-ed from Pima County Supervisor Ray Carroll addressing Rosemont’s “perverting of the truth.” Check it out by clicking here.
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Rosemont keeps spinning
In a guest opinion in today’s Green Valley News, Augusta CEO Gil Glaussen attempts to walk back his statements to investors about the other potential mining opportunities in Santa Rita Mountains. Again, Mr. Claussen appears to be telling us a … Continue reading
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