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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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Appointment of new director fuels speculation that cash-strapped Augusta Resource, parent of Rosemont Copper, may be sold
Augusta Resource Corporation’s appointment of mining attorney Robert Pirooz to its board of directors indicates the Vancouver, B.C.-based junior miner that owns the Rosemont Copper Company may soon be acquired. The appointment comes as Augusta continues to struggle with cash … Continue reading
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Rosemont Deception of the Day: Just another “typical open pit copper mine”
The centerpiece of Augusta Resource Corporation’s public relations campaign for its proposed Rosemont copper mine is that mile-wide, half-mile deep open pit mine will be a “state-of-the-art, first-class mine”. Augusta also likes to describe the Rosemont project as “21st Century … Continue reading
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Pima County joins Grijalva and Barber calling for new Rosemont Draft Environmental Impact Statement
Pima County on Thursday joined Democratic U.S. Representatives Ron Barber and Raul Grijalva in formally requesting the U.S. Forest Service to require substantial revisions to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Rosemont copper mine. “A new draft DEIS … Continue reading
Posted in EIS, Feasibility Study
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Augusta faces another roadblock: State regulator says Rosemont mine may need to revise air quality permit
Augusta Resource Corporation’s clean air permit application for its planned Rosemont copper mine could be facing further delays after a state regulator said the application may need to be revised. The Arizona Daily Star reported Monday that recent changes to … Continue reading
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Rosemont Deception of the Day: Copper mine engineering work ceased in July 2011
Buried deep in the middle of a 328-page, August 28 regulatory filing (large file warning) Vancouver, B.C.-based Augusta Resource Corporation makes the stunning disclosure that engineering work at the company’s Rosemont copper project was suspended 15 months ago. “The initial … Continue reading
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