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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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Press Release: Purported Benefits of Rosemont Project “Systematically Exaggerated”
Below is an interesting press release from the Mountain Empire Action Alliance completely discrediting the economic analysis for the proposed Rosemont Mine. A copy of the MEAA report can be downloaded at here. Purported Benefits of Rosemont Project “Systematically Exaggerated” … Continue reading
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Is this what Rosemont Copper means about being a “bridge to a sustainable future”?
[Note: The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality is holding a public hearing on the Rosemont Aquifer Protection Permit on Thursday, January 5 at 5:00 PM at Palo Verde High School, 1302 S. Avenida Vega] In 2009, Rosemont Copper submitted an … Continue reading
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Video Report from the Forest Service’s Rosemont Public Hearings – “The Ultimate Environmental Impact” – Public Safety on Highway 83
Another video report from the Forest Service’s public meetings on the proposed massive Rosemont Copper Mine in the Santa Rita Mountains near Tucson. This report focuses on the impacts to public safety related to mine traffic on Scenic Highway 83. … Continue reading
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Again, Augusta/Rosemont caught telling investors one thing and telling us another thing
As pointed out in today’s paper, Augusta is apparently not being truthful with southern Arizona about its ultimate plans to expand its permanent destruction of the Santa Rita Mountains. This issue was first highlighted on this blog, here, and here. … Continue reading
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Video Report from the Elgin Public Meeting
Here is the video report from the Forest Service’s public meeting held in Elgin on Saturday. It is interesting to note that Rosemont supporters had to be bussed in.