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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: EPA Criticism
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
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Save the Scenic Santa Ritas Press Release: Augusta Resource’s Proposed Rosemont Mine Threatens Southern Arizona’s Water
Critical Clean Water Act permit deficiencies “could provide an adequate basis for permit denial” TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 21, 2012 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week warned that Augusta Resource Corporation’s proposed Rosemont Mine may not obtain a key water … Continue reading
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EPA letter on Rosemont’s Section 404 permit makes the front page
As reported here earlier this week, the EPA sent a strongly worded letter regarding the Section 404 permit for the proposed Rosemont Mine. The EPA letter made the front page of today’s Arizona Daily Star. It will be interesting to … Continue reading
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News Report: EPA “Raising Doubts” about the proposed Rosemont Mine’s impacts on Southern Arizona’s water resources
In southern Arizona’s desert environment, water is essential to future economic prosperity and quality of life. The proposed Rosemont project indisputably threatens both the quantity and quality of water resources in southern Arizona, and thus our economy. In just one … Continue reading
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