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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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Augusta/Rosemont Lobbyist Soundly Defeated in Tucson Mayor’s Race
Less than 90 minutes after the polls closed, the Arizona Daily Star called the Tucson Mayor’s race and the winner was NOT Rosemont lobbyist Rick Grinnell. It appears that running on a platform of permanently destroying our mountains to enrich … Continue reading
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So is it a TREO study or a Rosemont Study that TREO is shilling?
According to an article in Sunday’s Arizona Daily Star, we learn that Tucson Regional Economic Opportunity (TREO) is just one more tool in the shed for Rosemont Copper’s green washing efforts. Something does not smell right about this apparently biased … Continue reading
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Key Facts About the Proposed Rosemont Mine
Junior Canadian mining company Rosemont Copper and its parent company, Augusta Resource, are spending significant amounts of money attempting to convince southern Arizonans that their proposed, massive open pit copper mine in the Santa Rita mountains will not adversely impact … Continue reading
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Rosemont’s Sturgess thinks its “crazy” to expect an open and transparent government
In Wednesday’s Green Valley News, Rosemont Vice President Jaime Sturgess said that concerns about Rosemont’s participation in the Forest Service’s cooperating agency meeting were “crazy.” He said, “[w]e go to meetings when we’re invited and we’re required to attend them. … Continue reading
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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 →