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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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Category Archives: Air Quality
Hudbay fails to disclose permit revocation in financial filings
Hudbay Minerals does not disclose in its most recent financial filings that an Arizona court on March 6 revoked the air pollution permit for its proposed $1.5 billion Rosemont copper project. Hudbay has not issued any press releases concerning the … Continue reading
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Court rescinds Rosemont’s state air quality control permit
A Maricopa County (AZ) Superior Court judge today rescinded the state air quality control permit for Toronto-based Hudbay Mineral’s proposed Rosemont copper project in Arizona. Judge Crane McClennen reversed the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality’s (AzDEQ) January 2013 decision to … Continue reading
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Another Rosemont permit challenged in court
Augusta Resource Corporation’s Rosemont copper project is facing another permitting challenge after the southern Arizona citizen’s coalition Save the Scenic Santa Ritas filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to overturn a state air quality permit. The coalition alleges in the lawsuit that the state Arizona … Continue reading
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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
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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
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