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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: EIS
Financial report: Hudbay plans to develop three open pit mines in Santa Rita Mountains
A detailed analysis in an online financial publication is reporting that Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals is planning to develop three open-pit copper deposits at its proposed Rosemont Mine project in the Santa Rita Mountains on the Coronado National Forest southeast of … Continue reading
Posted in Deceptions, EIS, Feasibility Study, Hudbay
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Hudbay’s Rosemont exploration drilling plan raises questions about mine’s size and environmental damage
Hudbay Minerals Inc. is planning extensive additional exploration drilling at the proposed Rosemont open-pit copper mine that appears to be an effort to expand the amount of known copper reserves that could lead to greater production and extend the life … Continue reading
Posted in EIS, General, Hudbay
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Augusta Resource running out of options in its nine-year effort to develop Rosemont copper project
The clock is running down on Vancouver, B.C.-based Augusta Resource Corporation’s nine-year effort to develop the controversial Rosemont copper project in the Santa Rita Mountains on the Coronado National Forest southeast of Tucson. But that doesn’t mean the attempt to … Continue reading
Posted in EIS
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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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Army Corps and Forest Service deliver setbacks to Augusta Resource’s Rosemont copper project on eve of annual meeting
Augusta Resource Corporation on Thursday suffered two major setbacks in its effort to construct the proposed Rosemont copper mine southeast of Tucson. On the eve of Augusta’s annual meeting with a $500 million hostile takeover bid set to expire Monday, … Continue reading
Posted in EIS, Investors
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