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  1. May 24, 2022

    Ariz. Judge Axes Tribes', Enviros' Suits Over Copper Mining

    Native American tribes and environmental groups can't block a Hudbay Minerals Inc. subsidiary from mining copper ore in the Santa Rita Mountains, an Arizona federal judge has ruled, saying the company's decision to give up a federal permit meant there was nothing left for the plaintiffs to challenge.

  2. May 09, 2022

    Ariz. Tribes, Enviros Say Copper Mine Suit Must Go On

    Rosemont Copper Co. cannot voluntarily give up its suspended Clean Water Act permit to evade a lawsuit seeking to block the company from mining copper ore in southern Arizona, according to the tribes and conservation groups that brought the case.

  3. May 04, 2022

    Ariz. Tribes Say Copper Mine Co. Can't Escape Permit Suit

    Rosemont Copper Co. told an Arizona federal judge that tribes and environmental groups can't block work on the company's Arizona mining project, while the tribes claim the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to live up to its duty to review the project, which they say threatens to destroy tribal cultural sites.

  4. July 08, 2019

    Tribes Say Army Corps Reversed Itself On Copper Mine Permit

    Tribes and environmental groups have doubled down on their attempt to block the Army Corps of Engineers from starting construction of a copper mine in Arizona, telling a federal judge that the agency ignored its own findings that the project will destroy key water sources. 

  5. May 16, 2019

    Tribes And Enviros Seek Halt On Copper Mine Construction

    Tribes and environmental groups suing the Army Corps of Engineers for issuing a key permit for a planned copper mine told an Arizona federal court that a preliminary injunction is needed to halt construction and prevent the destruction of cultural sites and water sources.