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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: water
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 that designed collapsed BC mining waste dam is key player in Rosemont’s proposed tailings dump
(8/11/2014 Update: On August 8, 2014, Knight Piésold, Ltd. issue a statement indicating that it had ceased being the “Engineer of Record” for the Mount Polley Mine in 2011. You can click here to read this statement along with a … Continue reading
Posted in Catastrophic Failure, water
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Red Kite waives loan condition and advances Augusta Resource $6 million to address endangered species review
In the wake of federal wildlife regulators’ decision to reopen studies of the proposed Rosemont copper mine’s impact on endangered species, cash-strapped Augusta Resource Corporation has obtained a $6 million loan advance and now expects final federal approvals to be … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water Act, Endangered Species, Investors, water, Wildlife
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EPA and Pima County ask Arizona environmental agency to deny Rosemont’s application for clean water certification
Pima County, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Arizona Department of Game and Fish have all raised serious concerns that could jeopardize a critical state water quality protection certification that is needed before … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water Act, EPA Criticism, water
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Arizona Game & Fish Department warns Rosemont mine could pollute protected “Outstanding Arizona Waters”
The Arizona Game & Fish Department (AGFD) is sharply criticizing the Coronado National Forest’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed Rosemont copper mine stating the Forest Service failed to adequately disclose that the mine may pollute two sensitive waterways that … Continue reading
Posted in EIS, The closer you look, the worse it gets, water, Wildlife
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