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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: Labor
Hudbay to shutter flagship mining operations in Manitoba eliminating 900 jobs
Hudbay Minerals Inc., the owner of the proposed Rosemont Copper Mine, is closing down its flagship mining operations in northern Manitoba in 2021, an action that will eliminate 900 jobs and inflict severe economic damage to the community of Flin … Continue reading
A murder in Guatemala raises questions of intimidation
The nephew of a plaintiff in a Toronto civil suit against Hudbay Minerals Inc. was beaten to death last month raising questions whether the murder was an attempt to intimidate Guatemalan Mayan activists in their ongoing civil and criminal cases … Continue reading
Posted in Hudbay, Human Rights, Labor
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As Manitoba mine strike looms, Hudbay hires replacement workers and security forces
Hudbay Minerals is stating it intends to keep its 777 Mine in Flin Flon, Manitoba operating despite a pending strike by 200 union workers scheduled to begin Saturday, according to news reports. Rob Winton, Vice-President of Hudbay’s Manitoba Business Unit, said … Continue reading
Posted in Hudbay, Labor
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Hudbay union approves preliminary strike vote in Manitoba
Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers working at Hudbay Mineral’s Manitoba mines overwhelming voted Tuesday in favor of a strike that could occur no sooner than April 21. The Flin Flon Reminder is reporting that members … Continue reading
Posted in Labor
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Rosemont sought non-union actors for television ad campaign
Rosemont Copper Company promises to bring hundreds of high-paying jobs that will transform southern Arizona’s economy. But when the company had the opportunity to show its commitment to paying respectable wages for trade jobs, Rosemont showed its hand. In April … Continue reading