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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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Rosemont Copper mine’s fate may hinge on Jaguar
The New York Times published a story and photograph today on the impact of the nation’s only known jaguar and the possible development of the massive Rosemont open pit copper mine on the Coronado National Forest southeast of Tucson. A … Continue reading
Posted in Endangered Species
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Rosemont Copper still faces key technical hurdles that could further increase cost of proposed $1.2 billion open pit mine
Augusta Resource Corp., the Vancouver, B.C.-based parent company of Rosemont Copper Company, still has some major regulatory and non-regulatory hurdles to cross that could directly impact the cost of the $1.2 billion project that has increased more than $300 million … Continue reading
Posted in EIS, Feasibility Study
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Feds could collect $2 billion in royalties from Rosemont if copper mines paid same royalty as oil and gas producers
If royalties similar to the 12.5 percent charged for oil and gas leases on federal lands were applied to the proposed Rosemont copper mine, the U.S. Treasury could collect nearly $2 billion over the next 22 years. This amount dwarfs … Continue reading
Posted in Mining Law
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National Park Service wants Rosemont to include tailings management plan prior to ADEQ approving air quality permit
The National Park Service is asking state regulators to require Rosemont Copper Company to make significant revisions to its draft air quality permit to lessen the possible impact of the proposed massive open pit copper mine on the Saguaro National … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality
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Photo of endangered jaguar near proposed Rosemont mine creates major new hurdle for copper project
A photograph of an endangered jaguar in close proximity to the Rosemont copper mine and within proposed critical habitat for the rare cat greatly increases the chance the massive mine project would have an adverse impact on the high-profile animal. … Continue reading
Posted in Endangered Species
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