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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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Forest Service cutting corners to help cash-strapped Augusta Resource and its Rosemont Copper Company subsidiary
The U.S. Forest Service is cutting corners on its review of the proposed Rosemont copper mine in order to avoid complying with a new regulation that would delay issuance of the agency’s final decision until public concerns are addressed. The … Continue reading
Posted in EIS
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Augusta Resource falsely claiming “Rosemont has established funding” for proposed copper mine
Augusta Resource Corp. continues its longstanding practice of providing misleading information to investors in its most recent “Investor Presentation” posted on the company’s website. Vancouver, B.C-based Augusta, which is seeking state and federal permits through its Rosemont Copper Company subsidiary … Continue reading
Posted in Deceptions, Investors
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Augusta Resource’s independent auditor warns there is “substantial doubt” over its “ability to continue as a going concern”
Augusta Resource Corporation’s independent auditing firm Monday alerted investors that the Vancouver-based speculative mining company that is seeking permits to build the Rosemont copper project faces “material uncertainty” about its ability to continue to operate. The accounting firm of Ernst … Continue reading
Posted in Investors
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Rosemont Mine Permitting Process Far From Over
Contrary to Augusta Resource Corporation’s misrepresentations to potential investors and others that it only needs one more permit to begin construction of the massive Rosemont Copper mine in the Santa Rita Mountains southeast of Tucson, the Vancouver, B.C.-based junior mining … Continue reading
Posted in Deceptions
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Pima County will be impacted by more toxic releases if the Rosemont mine is approved
Sunday’s Arizona Daily Star reports on the increased toxic releases coming from Arizona’s mines. If the proposed Rosemont copper mine goes into production, Pima County will become even more impacted by the release of toxic chemicals and metals into the … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality
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