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Recent Posts
- 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: Clean Water Act
Pima County reaffirms resolution opposing Rosemont Mine
The Pima County Board of Supervisors on April 16 reaffirmed a 2007 resolution opposing construction of the proposed $1.9 billion Rosemont Copper Mine. The 3-2 vote, which fell along party lines, included language to direct County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry to … Continue reading
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Hudbay approves $122 million spending plan for “early works” at Rosemont
Hudbay Minerals, Inc. yesterday announced that it approved a $122 million “early works” spending plan for the Rosemont Copper Mine. Hudbay stated the funds would be used for the following projects: Funding the construction of a water pipeline and power transmission … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water Act, General, Hudbay, Litigation, water
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Hudbay seeking Rosemont Mine joint venture partner after receiving key federal Clean Water Act permit
Just days after obtaining a key federal Clean Water Act permit for its Rosemont open-pit copper project, Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals Inc. announced Wednesday it is seeking a new minority partner to take up to a 30 percent share in the … Continue reading
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Hudbay has failed to provide legal justification for Clean Water Act permit, Natural Resources Committee chairman says
The chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee is warning that the Canadian mining company planning to construct the $1.9 billion Rosemont Mine has failed to provide government regulators with a plan to legally compensate for the massive environmental destruction … Continue reading
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Pima County ratchets up opposition to Rosemont Mine as Army Corps Clean Water Act permitting decision looms
Pima County has provided additional information to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Division Commander and staff to bolster their long-standing opposition to the proposed Rosemont mine. In a series of five letters written since September, Pima County provided the … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water Act, Endangered Species, Groundwater, Hudbay, Recreation, water
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