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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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A new round of endangered species review delivers potentially crippling blow to Augusta Resource’s Rosemont copper project
The discovery last month of one male ocelot near the proposed Rosemont copper mine site and new information on the impacts to other endangered species has triggered a new round of formal endangered species act consultations between federal regulatory agencies. … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water Act, EIS, Endangered Species, Wildlife
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Rosemont Copper’s Section 404 Clean Water Act permit in jeopardy as Army Corps again cites mitigation shortfalls
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday notified Rosemont Copper Company that its most recent mitigation plan in its application for a Clean Water Act permit needed to construct the proposed Rosemont copper mine fails to fully compensate for … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water Act
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Motley Fool reports on Augusta’s permitting “shortfall” as its chairman continues history of misleading shareholders
Augusta Resource Corporation Chairman Richard Warke has a long history of failing to disclose information to shareholders, and now a prominent investment blog is highlighting Augusta’s failure to promptly inform investors about a significant permitting issue facing the company’s Rosemont … Continue reading
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Hudbay extends hostile bid for Augusta 10 days as it reviews permitting and approval outlook for Rosemont copper mine
Hudbay Minerals Inc. today extended its hostile take over bid for Augusta Resource Corporation to gain control of the Rosemont copper project for another 10 days and is now set to expire on May 16. The extension comes three days … Continue reading
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Augusta shareholders extend poison pill hours before regulator’s scheduled vote on HudBay’s request to revoke plan
Augusta Resource Corporation shareholders this morning voted to continue a poison pill plan adopted by the Augusta board of directors last year in anticipation of a hostile takeover bid from HudBay Mineral Resources. It’s uncertain, however, how long the plan … Continue reading