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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
Forest Service: No Rosemont Decision in December, no date set
According to a U.S. Forest Service press release, the Coronado National Forest today announced that the December 2012 goal of releasing the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed Rosemont Mine would not be met. The release went on … Continue reading
Pima County joins Grijalva and Barber calling for new Rosemont Draft Environmental Impact Statement
Pima County on Thursday joined Democratic U.S. Representatives Ron Barber and Raul Grijalva in formally requesting the U.S. Forest Service to require substantial revisions to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Rosemont copper mine. “A new draft DEIS … Continue reading
Posted in EIS, Feasibility Study
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Forest Service casts doubt on Augusta’s pledge to begin mine construction this year
In another set back to Augusta Resource Corporation’s plans to begin construction of the Rosemont mine later this year, the U.S. Forest Service announced it has no timetable for when environmental studies needed to build the mine will be completed. … Continue reading
Posted in EIS, General
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Save the Scenic Santa Ritas Press Release: “Extraordinary” EPA Letter Says Augusta Resource’s Rosemont Copper Mine “Should Not Proceed as Proposed”
TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 24, 2012 — In another major blow to Augusta Resource Corporation’s plans to build an open pit copper mine near Tucson, Arizona, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday the “project should not proceed as proposed.” In a … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water Act, EIS, EPA Criticism
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The Forest Service does not understand why it’s inappropriate for Rosemont’s PR firm to organize public comments
Excellent overview article in the Tucson Weekly. The Forest Service’s response to Rosemont’s PR firm planning the public comment process is: “[i]t was just logistics—just helping us with the workload.” So according to the Forest Service, it is apparently ok … Continue reading →