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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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USGS rejects request by six U.S. senators to add copper to Critical Minerals List
The U.S. Geological Survey has reaffirmed its 2022 decision to exclude copper from the nation’s Critical Minerals List (CML) after a bi-partisan group of U.S. senators urged the agency in February to reconsider its determination prior to the next triennial … Continue reading
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Hudbay sets benchmarks to build Copper World/Rosemont mine complex
Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals Inc. has announced benchmarks it must achieve before it proceeds with construction of the Copper World/Rosemont mine complex in the Santa Rita Mountains 35 miles southwest of Tucson. The requirements include a provision that Hudbay must find … Continue reading
Posted in Copper World, Economics, Hudbay, Investors
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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
Posted in Copper World, Hudbay, water
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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
Posted in Hudbay, Investors, Litigation, Western Claims
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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
Posted in Clean Water Act, Hudbay, water
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