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New Reports released showing problems with Resolution Copper mine proposal and DEIS

Sep 13, 2019 | Action Alert, Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining | 0 comments

New Reports reveal serious problems with Proposed Resolution Copper mine proposal and US Forest Service DEIS The Arizona Mining Reform Coalition has released three new reports showing that Resolution Copper’s proposal to mine copper and the US Forest Service’s Draft...

Attend public meetings to learn more and comment on Resolution Copper DEIS

Sep 3, 2019 | Action Alert, Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining | 0 comments

The US Forest Service will host 6 public meetings starting September 10 in Superior, AZ, on Rio Tinto’s proposal to destroy Oak Flat and thousands of additional acres of public land. The Forest Service has added (as of September 20) another meeting in Tempe, AZ...

Rio Tinto may delay Resolution Copper Project

Aug 17, 2019 | Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining, Press

Bloomberg Reports: July 14, 2019 David Stringer reports that Rio Tinto has discovered a large copper/silver/gold deposit in western Australia. Apparantly Rio Tinto thinks the deposit is so promising that it may leapfrog ahead of Rio Tinto’s proposed Resolution...

New Report Provides Terrifying Detail of Mining Destruction Coming for Oak Flat

Aug 17, 2019 | Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining, Press | 0 comments

Elizabeth Whitman writes in the Phoenix New Times that the Tonto National Forest has released a Draft Environemntal Impact Statement (DEIS) for Resolution Copper’s proposal to destroy Oak Flat and thousands of additional acres of public land by building a huge...

Sign the Save Oak Flat Act Petition

Aug 5, 2019 | Action Alert, Arizona Mining Oversight | 0 comments

This action is no longer active. Thanks to everyone that signed the petition. . Unfortunately, Oak Flat is under attack by two huge foreign mining companies that refuse to play by the rules in the quest for control this incredible place. High above the...

BREAKING NEWS: Judge Stops Rosemont Mine Project

Jul 31, 2019 | Arizona Mining Oversight | 0 comments

July 31, 2019 BREAKING NEWS Today US District Court Judge James Soto issued an order granting summary judgement in two cases brought by conservation organizations and Tribal governments against the proposed Rosemont open pit copper mine south of Tucson, Arizona in the...

Save Oak Flat Act Introduced in 116th Congress

Jan 18, 2019 | Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining | 0 comments

The Save Oak Flat Act was introduced today in the US House (HR 665), and Senate (S 173). These bills would repeal the Oak Flat Land Exchange, which would give Oak Flat to huge international mining companies to build a large environmentally destructive copper mine....

Rio Tinto attempts to bribe Arizona State Parks with land gift

Nov 18, 2018 | Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining, Press | 0 comments

An article in the November 1, 2018, Phoenix New Times, uncovers yet another in a long series of dirty tricks played by Rio Tinto in their quest to strongarm government officials and other decisionmakers into supporting their plans to destroy Oak Flat and another 7,000...

Arizona Mining Reform Coalition wins victory in appeal over Resolution Copper permit to pollute Queen Creek

Nov 2, 2018 | Arizona Mining Oversight | 1 comment

On October 16, 2018, Administrative Law Judge Thomas Shedden, ruled that the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) had violated Arizona state law in renewing a permit allowing Resolution Copper to dump polluted mine water into Queen Creek. The...

Showing the Cracks: New Report Shows Design Flaws in Proposed Resolution Copper Project

Oct 16, 2018 | Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining | 0 comments

A new report prepared for the Arizona Mining Reform Coalition by Dr. Steven Emerman shows serious flaws and deficiencies in the technical design of Rio Tinto’s proposed Resolution Copper mine. The proposed mine, which would destroy Oak Flat and more than 5,000...