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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: water
Augusta again urges shareholders to reject HudBay bid claiming it is on the “cusp” of receiving final permit
Augusta Resource Corporation is continuing the mantra in its annual proxy statement released last week that the final major permit for its Rosemont copper project will be issued before July and that construction will begin later this year. And, once … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water Act, EIS, Investors, water
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Groundwater depletion caused by Rosemont mine would negatively impact more than 900 private wells
There is no adequate mitigation plan to address the proposed Rosemont copper mine’s massive and permanent impact on groundwater supplies that provide domestic water to more than 900 privately-owned wells on the east and west side of the Santa Rita … Continue reading
Posted in EIS, The closer you look, the worse it gets, water
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April 1 deadline for Rosemont to submit suitable mitigation plan required for crucial water permit
Despite two years of regular meetings and discussions between Rosemont Copper Company and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rosemont has yet to submit a mitigation plan that meets federal requirements, the Corps stated in a Feb. 28 letter to … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water Act, water
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Augusta claims Water Permit “imminent” despite EPA concerns
Augusta Resource Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer Gil Clausen on Monday said that Augusta expects to receive the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Section 404 Clean Water Act permit for its Rosemont copper mine in the second quarter, despite the longstanding criticism … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water Act, EPA Criticism, Investors, water
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EPA Report Delivers Blow to Alaska’s Pebble Mine
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week released a long awaited technical report on the potential impacts to the world-class salmon fishery in Bristol Bay, Alaska of the proposed Pebble Mine project concluding that large-scale mining poses serious risks to salmon and … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water Act, General, water
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