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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: General
Rosemont subcontractor cited for design failures at Mount Polley dam collapse
Knight Piésold, Ltd., the engineering firm that designed the Mount Polley mine tailings dam that collapsed last August in British Columbia, failed to properly analyze the strength of the dam’s foundation when it designed the tailings facility, a provincial-sponsored report … Continue reading
Posted in Catastrophic Failure, General, water
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Engineering firm currently responsible for failed Canadian tailings dam also designed Rosemont’s tailings dump
The engineering firm that is currently responsible for the design of the failed Mount Polley tailings dam in British Columbia is also the lead engineer for the proposed Rosemont mine’s dry stack tailings dump. The Vancouver Sun reported earlier this … Continue reading
Posted in Catastrophic Failure, General
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Hudbay’s Rosemont exploration drilling plan raises questions about mine’s size and environmental damage
Hudbay Minerals Inc. is planning extensive additional exploration drilling at the proposed Rosemont open-pit copper mine that appears to be an effort to expand the amount of known copper reserves that could lead to greater production and extend the life … Continue reading
Posted in EIS, General, Hudbay
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HudBay CEO: Augusta must resolve all litigation before it can access funds to build Rosemont mine
Augusta Resource Corporation cannot access funds needed to begin construction on its massive Rosemont copper project until all litigation challenging the mine has been concluded, David Garofalo, president and CEO of HudBay Mineral Resources, stated in a March 14 press … Continue reading
Posted in General, Investors
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HudBay charges Augusta is ignoring “critical permitting and financing risks”
HudBay Mineral Resources today said Augusta Resource Corporation has failed to address “critical permitting and financing risks that cast doubt on Augusta’s plans to develop the Rosemont project.” HudBay issued the statement in response to Augusta’s issuance of a Director’s … Continue reading
Posted in Deceptions, General, Investors
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