Hearing Set on Florence Copper Permit

By Mark Cowling for Florence Reminder & Blade-Tribune  Florence Copper is a step closer to full-scale commercial production with state environmental regulators issuing a draft permit for public comment and scheduling a virtual public hearing for September 9th.  The company has been mining copper on a small scale for more than a year in a test phase. […]

Rosemont Mine Delays Will Cost Jobs

By Tony Davis for Arizona Daily Star A local pro-mining group scheduled a mining appreciation event for October, expected to draw at least 450 people paying tribute to an industry employing roughly 7,500 people in Southern Arizona. The theme was going to be “Miracles from Mining,” highlighting what organizers say are its values to the […]