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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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Former Rosemont lobbyist set to become acting Interior Secretary
U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s pending resignation opens the door for former Rosemont Copper Company lobbyist David Bernhardt to become acting Interior secretary at a pivotal time in the permitting process for Rosemont’s proposed massive open-pit copper mine. … Continue reading
Posted in General, Hudbay, Mining Law, Wildlife
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Harper’s turns its sharp eye on Rosemont and Resolution mines
The September issue of Harper’s Magazine reports on proposals by foreign companies to construct two massive copper mines on environmentally sensitive landscapes held sacred by Arizona Native American tribes. Written by Tucson-based journalist Mort Rosenblum and graced with stunning photography by … Continue reading
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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A new round of endangered species review delivers potentially crippling blow to Augusta Resource’s Rosemont copper project
The discovery last month of one male ocelot near the proposed Rosemont copper mine site and new information on the impacts to other endangered species has triggered a new round of formal endangered species act consultations between federal regulatory agencies. … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water Act, EIS, Endangered Species, Wildlife
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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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