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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: Hudbay
Amnesty International spotlights Hudbay Minerals for alleged human rights abuses in Guatemala
Amnesty International is citing Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals’ alleged responsibility for a 2009 murder and shootings as examples of human rights abuses by mining companies in Guatemala. In the report “Guatemala Rights At Risk” released last week in Guatemala City, Amnesty … Continue reading
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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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Rosemont mine is lynchpin to Hudbay’s plan to construct massive industrial mining complex in southern Arizona
In the wake of taking control of Augusta Resource Corp. and its Rosemont Copper Company subsidiary, Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals is already looking to expand its planned industrial mining operations in the Santa Rita Mountains to other sites in Southern Arizona, Hudbay … Continue reading
Posted in Hudbay, Uncategorized
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Hudbay’s purchase of Augusta expected to close by end of July
Toronto-based Hudbay Mineral Resources is expected to complete the C$555 million purchase of Augusta Resource Corporation and take control of Augusta’s Rosemont Copper Company subsidiary by the end of July, according to regulatory filings. After months of bitter exchanges between … Continue reading
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Hudbay has ugly environmental and human rights track record, warns a Canadian mining watchdog group
A Canadian mining watchdog group is warning that Hudbay Mineral Resources, the Toronto-based company seeking to gain control of the Rosemont copper project, has “a profound disrespect for the environments and communities where it operates.” MiningWatch Canada program coordinator Ramsey … Continue reading
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