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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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Augusta Resource shareholders ratify poison pill plan as HudBay Minerals eyes juniors for possible purchase in 2014
Augusta Resource Corporation Thursday ratified a “poison pill” plan in the event of an unsolicited take over offer for control of the Vancouver, B.C-based junior mining company whose principle project is the proposed Rosemont copper mine in the Santa Rita … Continue reading
Posted in Investors
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BLM warns Forest Service of Rosemont mine’s potential negative impact to Las Cienegas National Conservation Area
After years of standing quietly on the sideline in the tumultuous debate over the Rosemont copper project, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has finally weighed in and expressed serious concerns over the proposed mine’s impact on the Las Cienegas … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water Act, Endangered Species, Groundwater, water, Wildlife
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Forest Service says Rosemont Final Environmental Impact Statement set for Nov., pushing Record of Decision into 2014
The Coronado National Forest today announced that the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Rosemont copper project will be released in November and subject to new Forest Service regulations calling for additional consultation with stakeholders before the Record of Decision … Continue reading
Posted in EIS
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Tohono O’odham asks U.S. Agriculture Secretary to “stop” Forest Service’s effort to expedite Rosemont permitting
The Tohono O’odham Nation has asked U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to stop the Coronado National Forest’s efforts to expedite the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and associated Record of Decision (ROD) for the proposed Rosemont copper mine. “The Tohono … Continue reading
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Toronto stock analyst issues sell rating, lowers target price for Augusta in wake of lawsuit challenging key water permit
Toronto-based Dundee Securities Tuesday lowered its target price for Augusta Resource Corporation to $2.30 and reaffirmed its “sell” rating for what it calls a “high risk” stock. Dundee cited a lawsuit filed Friday by a coalition of environmental groups and … Continue reading