Jan 11, 2021 | Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining, Press |
In the wake of Rio TInto’s destruction of sacred rock shelters in the Juukan Gorge in Western Australia in May of 2020, Rio Tinto has made grand pronouncement of how they would never again destory a sacred site anywhere in the world. In light of the caompany’s plan to do exactly that at Oak Flat, what does Rio Tinto’s promises mean?
We’ve written a white paper looking at the similarities between what Rio Tinto did at Juukan Gorge and what they would like to do at Oak Flat.
Jan 4, 2021 | Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining, Press |
The US Forest Service announced today that they will be publishing a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on January 15, 2021, for the controversial Resolution Copper proposal to destroy Oak Flat by building a large underground copper mine.
Dec 15, 2020 | Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining, Press |
At every step of the NEPA process, we’ve cautioned the Forest Service to follow their laws and regulations and not bow to Resolution Copper and their supporters. At every step, the Forest has let us down. The results of the review by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation shows us just how flawed the Resolution Copper process has been and just how eager Rio Tinto and BHP have been to place their project over the protection of our cultural and ecological heritage. This is yet another reason why Tonto National Forest needs to write an updated and complete Draft Environmental Impact Statement before rushing to judgement.
Nov 8, 2019 | Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining, Press |
On November 7, 2019 the Arizona Mining Reform Coaliiton and 17 additional organizations 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...
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...
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...
Apr 30, 2015 | Arizona Mining Oversight, Oak Flat Mining, Press |
A Sampling of Local, National, and international media on Oak Flat Apache Rally on McCain’s Home Turf Spotlights Native American Land Grab: April 24, 2015 A Copper Mine Near Superior Is Set to Destroy a Unique, Sacred Recreation Area — for Fleeting Benefits:...
Apr 16, 2015 | Arizona Mining Oversight, Press |
Here is the statement of the Arizona Mining Reform Coalition at this morning’s Rio Tinto Annual General Meeting in London: Thank you for the opportunity to speak. I have come to London again to speak to you and continued to be troubled by the activities of a Rio...
