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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
Red Kite waives loan condition and advances Augusta Resource $6 million to address endangered species review
In the wake of federal wildlife regulators’ decision to reopen studies of the proposed Rosemont copper mine’s impact on endangered species, cash-strapped Augusta Resource Corporation has obtained a $6 million loan advance and now expects final federal approvals to be … Continue reading
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A new round of endangered species review delivers potentially crippling blow to Augusta Resource’s Rosemont copper project
The discovery last month of one male ocelot near the proposed Rosemont copper mine site and new information on the impacts to other endangered species has triggered a new round of formal endangered species act consultations between federal regulatory agencies. … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water Act, EIS, Endangered Species, Wildlife
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Rosemont Copper’s Section 404 Clean Water Act permit in jeopardy as Army Corps again cites mitigation shortfalls
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday notified Rosemont Copper Company that its most recent mitigation plan in its application for a Clean Water Act permit needed to construct the proposed Rosemont copper mine fails to fully compensate for … Continue reading
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Future ownership of Rosemont copper project to be determined as Augusta shareholders meet with HudBay bid set to expire
Two starkly different scenarios over the future ownership of the proposed Rosemont copper project have emerged in the days leading up to Augusta Resource Corporation’s annual meeting this Friday in Vancouver, B.C. The focus of the meeting will be whether … Continue reading
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EPA and Pima County ask Arizona environmental agency to deny Rosemont’s application for clean water certification
Pima County, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Arizona Department of Game and Fish have all raised serious concerns that could jeopardize a critical state water quality protection certification that is needed before … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water Act, EPA Criticism, water
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