On October 21, 2025, the Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to reaffirm the county's opposition to the Copper World mining project.

At an Oct. 8 meeting with Pima County, State Land Commissioner Robyn Sahid told county officials that the land on the western base of the Santa Rita Mountains will be auctioned next year.

SSSR Executive Director John Dougherty uses state data to reveal that Hudbay’s reliance on Central Arizona Project water falls far short of replacing all the groundwater Copper World would consume.

Pima County’s top administrator has requested a meeting with the Arizona State Land Department’s Commissioner after failing to notify the county it was advancing an application from Copper World to purchase State Trust Land to expand toxic waste dumps.

On January 31, 2025, SSSR, the Center for Biological Diversity and Farmers Investment Co. filed an appeal to the Air Quality Permit granted to Copper World on January 2, 2025 by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. In May 2025, the judge denied ADEQ's Motion to Dismiss, allowing the appeal to move forward.

In the wake of our September victory in an Open Meetings Law violation lawsuit, SSSR and Farmers Investment Company filed a new lawsuit seeking to overturn a crucial right-of-way that is necessary for the operation of the proposed $1.3 billion Copper World mining complex.

Newly released economic report, authored by Power Consulting, concludes that Copper World project will devastate the local economy.