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Recent Posts
- 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: Endangered Species
Pima County ratchets up opposition to Rosemont Mine as Army Corps Clean Water Act permitting decision looms
Pima County has provided additional information to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Division Commander and staff to bolster their long-standing opposition to the proposed Rosemont mine. In a series of five letters written since September, Pima County provided the … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water Act, Endangered Species, Groundwater, Hudbay, Recreation, water
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Enviros file federal lawsuit challenging Rosemont mine
A Tucson environmental group on Monday filed a lawsuit against the federal government to challenge the proposed Rosemont open-pit copper mine that would destroy critical habit for the endangered jaguar. The Center for Biological Diversity filed the lawsuit against the … Continue reading
Posted in Endangered Species, Litigation
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Forest Service excluded EPA and Arizona tribe from review of draft report on Rosemont’s impacts on endangered species
An Arizona Indian tribe and the U.S. Environmental Protection agency were excluded from making comments on a draft federal report on the impact of the proposed Rosemont mine on a dozen threatened and endangered species, the Arizona Daily Star reported … Continue reading
Posted in Endangered Species, Hudbay
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Environmental group initiates legal action challenging federal Endangered Species Act ruling on Rosemont mine plan
A Tucson-environmental group sent notice Wednesday it intends to file a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over the agency’s “biological opinion” issued in April that concluded the proposed Rosemont mine would not jeopardize the survival of a … Continue reading
Posted in Endangered Species, Hudbay, Litigation
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Jaguar video generates widespread media attention on threats posed by Rosemont Mine
A wildlife surveillance video capturing movements of the only known wild jaguar in the United States is focusing national attention on the impacts of the proposed Rosemont copper project on the big cat and other endangered species. The mine would … Continue reading
Posted in Endangered Species, Hudbay
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