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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
Tohono O’odham asks U.S. Agriculture Secretary to “stop” Forest Service’s effort to expedite Rosemont permitting
The Tohono O’odham Nation has asked U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to stop the Coronado National Forest’s efforts to expedite the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and associated Record of Decision (ROD) for the proposed Rosemont copper mine. “The Tohono … Continue reading
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Forest Service’s environmental report for Rosemont Mine draws fire from Pima County and Southern Arizona U.S. Representatives
The Coronado National Forest’s proposed final environmental impact study for the Rosemont copper mine is drawing sharp criticism from Pima County’s top administrator. and two U.S. Congressmen from southern Arizona. Pima County is demanding that a new study be prepared … Continue reading
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Pima County: Forest Service is rushing to judgment and distorting information in Rosemont environmental report
Pima County’s top administrator is warning that the U.S. Forest Service has “mischaracterized” statements in the draft Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed Rosemont mine and is “rushing” to issue a final decision for the massive open pit … Continue reading
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Forest Service cutting corners to help cash-strapped Augusta Resource and its Rosemont Copper Company subsidiary
The U.S. Forest Service is cutting corners on its review of the proposed Rosemont copper mine in order to avoid complying with a new regulation that would delay issuance of the agency’s final decision until public concerns are addressed. The … Continue reading
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Rosemont Copper still faces key technical hurdles that could further increase cost of proposed $1.2 billion open pit mine
Augusta Resource Corp., the Vancouver, B.C.-based parent company of Rosemont Copper Company, still has some major regulatory and non-regulatory hurdles to cross that could directly impact the cost of the $1.2 billion project that has increased more than $300 million … Continue reading
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