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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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Army Corps and Forest Service deliver setbacks to Augusta Resource’s Rosemont copper project on eve of annual meeting
Augusta Resource Corporation on Thursday suffered two major setbacks in its effort to construct the proposed Rosemont copper mine southeast of Tucson. On the eve of Augusta’s annual meeting with a $500 million hostile takeover bid set to expire Monday, … Continue reading
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Future ownership of Rosemont copper project to be determined as Augusta shareholders meet with HudBay bid set to expire
Two starkly different scenarios over the future ownership of the proposed Rosemont copper project have emerged in the days leading up to Augusta Resource Corporation’s annual meeting this Friday in Vancouver, B.C. The focus of the meeting will be whether … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water Act, EIS, Investors
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EPA and Pima County ask Arizona environmental agency to deny Rosemont’s application for clean water certification
Pima County, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Arizona Department of Game and Fish have all raised serious concerns that could jeopardize a critical state water quality protection certification that is needed before … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water Act, EPA Criticism, water
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Arizona Game & Fish Department warns Rosemont mine could pollute protected “Outstanding Arizona Waters”
The Arizona Game & Fish Department (AGFD) is sharply criticizing the Coronado National Forest’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed Rosemont copper mine stating the Forest Service failed to adequately disclose that the mine may pollute two sensitive waterways that … Continue reading
Posted in EIS, The closer you look, the worse it gets, water, Wildlife
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Hudbay increases pressure in hostile takeover bid claiming “Augusta continues to mislead shareholders”
Hudbay Mineral Resources is stating in U.S. and Canadian regulatory filings that Augusta Resource Corporation is misleading its shareholders in its financial statements concerning the financing, permitting and construction timeline for Augusta’s proposed Rosemont copper project. “Augusta continues to mislead … Continue reading
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