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Confident it will withstand legal challenges, Hudbay getting finances in place to construct $1.9 billion Rosemont Mine

Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals Inc. is taking significant financial steps to free up cash in anticipation of receiving final government approvals to begin construction on its proposed $1.9 billion Rosemont Mine and is confident the company will withstand all legal challenges … Continue reading

Posted in Clean Water Act, Hudbay, Investors, water | 4 Comments

State regulators refuse to post Rosemont’s mitigation plan while extending the public comment period 14 days

[Editors Note:  The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has now posted the updated Rosemont Mitigation Plan.] The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has extended the public comment period on a crucial mitigation plan for the proposed Rosemont Copper Mine but … Continue reading

Posted in Clean Water Act, Groundwater, Hudbay, water | 1 Comment

State regulator seeks public comment on key Rosemont mitigation plan that it has not made available for review

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality is seeking public comment on a crucial mitigation plan for the proposed $1.9 billion Rosemont Copper Mine without providing the plan for the public to review. Instead, the ADEQ has only provided the public … Continue reading

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Former Hudbay security chief faces new Guatemala trial for murder and aggravated assault

A Guatemalan appeal court has overturned a not guilty verdict rendered by a judge last April in the murder and aggravated assault trial of former Hudbay Minerals’ security chief Mynor Padilla. Padilla, 53, will now face a second criminal trial … Continue reading

Posted in Hudbay, Human Rights | 2 Comments

Enviros file federal lawsuit challenging Rosemont mine

A Tucson environmental group on Monday filed a lawsuit against the federal government to challenge the proposed Rosemont open-pit copper mine that would destroy critical habit for the endangered jaguar. The Center for Biological Diversity filed the lawsuit against the … Continue reading

Posted in Endangered Species, Litigation | 5 Comments