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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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Amnesty International spotlights Hudbay Minerals for alleged human rights abuses in Guatemala
Amnesty International is citing Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals’ alleged responsibility for a 2009 murder and shootings as examples of human rights abuses by mining companies in Guatemala. In the report “Guatemala Rights At Risk” released last week in Guatemala City, Amnesty … Continue reading
Posted in Hudbay, Human Rights
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Recent tailings failure in Mexico and Canada “justify expensive and time consuming permitting process”
A leading provider of “news and education on the copper market” is warning investors that because of the recent tailings facility failures in both Mexico and Canada, it is “more important than ever for investors to find evidence that companies … Continue reading
Posted in Catastrophic Failure
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Engineering firm currently responsible for failed Canadian tailings dam also designed Rosemont’s tailings dump
The engineering firm that is currently responsible for the design of the failed Mount Polley tailings dam in British Columbia is also the lead engineer for the proposed Rosemont mine’s dry stack tailings dump. The Vancouver Sun reported earlier this … Continue reading
Posted in Catastrophic Failure, General
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Hudbay’s Rosemont exploration drilling plan raises questions about mine’s size and environmental damage
Hudbay Minerals Inc. is planning extensive additional exploration drilling at the proposed Rosemont open-pit copper mine that appears to be an effort to expand the amount of known copper reserves that could lead to greater production and extend the life … Continue reading
Posted in EIS, General, Hudbay
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Engineering firm that designed collapsed BC mining waste dam is key player in Rosemont’s proposed tailings dump
(8/11/2014 Update: On August 8, 2014, Knight Piésold, Ltd. issue a statement indicating that it had ceased being the “Engineer of Record” for the Mount Polley Mine in 2011. You can click here to read this statement along with a … Continue reading
Posted in Catastrophic Failure, water
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