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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: Clean Water Act
Pima County asks Army Corps to deny Clean Water Act permit needed to construct Hudbay’s Rosemont copper mine
Pima County is formally requesting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco regional office to uphold a July recommendation from the Corps’ Los Angeles district to deny a Clean Water Act permit needed to construct the proposed Rosemont copper … Continue reading
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Federal agency recommends denial of crucial Clean Water Act permit needed for Hudbay’s proposed Rosemont mine
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles district office is recommending denial of a crucial Clean Water Act permit requested by Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals Inc. needed to build its proposed Rosemont open-pit copper mine in southeastern Arizona. The Corps’ … Continue reading
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Crucial Rosemont federal water permit decision expected within weeks
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will make a permitting decision in the next few weeks on Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals Inc.’s Clean Water Act (CWA) permit for its proposed Rosemont copper project southeast of Tucson, the Arizona Daily … Continue reading
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More trouble for Mexico mine, work stopped because of toxic waste spill
Local farmers have joined forces with striking miners in stopping work at the Buenavista de Cobre open-pit copper mine near Canenea, Sonora, MX. The mine is owned by Grupo Mexico and is reportedly the second largest in the world. Heavy … Continue reading
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Hudbay CEO suggests Rosemont permitting is a certainty
Hudbay Mineral’s CEO David Garofalo says the Toronto-based, multinational mining company only makes significant investments in countries where the company is “certain” that all necessary permits will be issued. Hudbay’s investments include the highly controversial mile-wide, half-mile deep Rosemont open … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water Act, General, Hudbay
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