Nov 8, 2019 | Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining, Press |
On November 7, 2019 the Arizona Mining Reform Coaliiton and 17 addtional orgainzations filed 6,436 pages of comments (including attachments) in repsonse to a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) written by the Tonto National Forest on Resolution Copper’s...
Sep 26, 2019 | Action Alert, Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining
The Tonto National Forest has released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) examining Rio Tinto’s Resolution Copper mine proposal and is asking for your comments. The deadline for comments is November 7, 2019. Please go to our alert to learn more and to edit...
Sep 25, 2019 | Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining |
We need your help during the public comment period for the Forest Service’s Resolution Copper DEIS. Fill out the following form and we will be in touch to help you help us! Notice: JavaScript is required for this content....
Sep 13, 2019 | Action Alert, Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining |
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...
Sep 3, 2019 | Action Alert, Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining |
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...
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...
Aug 17, 2019 | Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining, Press |
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...
Jan 18, 2019 | Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining |
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....
Nov 18, 2018 | Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining, Press |
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...
