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Rosemont mine prospect costs jump 25%

The projected construction cost for Hudbay Mineral’s Rosemont copper prospect has jumped another $300 million to $1.5 billion, according to Hudbay CEO David Garofalo. The projected cost of the mile-wide, half-mile deep open pit copper mine planned for the Santa … Continue reading

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Hudbay CEO suggests Rosemont permitting is a certainty

Hudbay Mineral’s CEO David Garofalo says the Toronto-based, multinational mining company only makes significant investments in countries where the company is “certain” that all necessary permits will be issued. Hudbay’s investments include the highly controversial mile-wide, half-mile deep Rosemont open … Continue reading

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Police raid Rosemont contractor over Mount Polley dam failure

Search warrants have been served on two engineering companies linked to the Mount Polley tailings dam collapse including AMEC Foster Wheeler, the lead designer of the proposed Rosemont copper mine’s massive dry stack tailings dump. AMEC said Thursday its Prince … Continue reading

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Canadian police raid company that owns failed tailings dam designed by Rosemont contractors

Canadian police on Tuesday raided the offices of Imperial Metals to gather information in connection with the Mount Polley tailings dam collapse, four days after a government-sponsored report concluded a design problem was the root cause of the dam failure. … Continue reading

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Rosemont subcontractor cited for design failures at Mount Polley dam collapse

Knight Piésold, Ltd., the engineering firm that designed the Mount Polley mine tailings dam that collapsed last August in British Columbia, failed to properly analyze the strength of the dam’s foundation when it designed the tailings facility, a provincial-sponsored report … Continue reading

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