In the wake of their 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.

The ASLD’s Board of Appeals voted 3-1 to rectify an Open Meetings Law violation related to the issuance of a right of way that would allow Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals, Inc., to construct mining waste pipelines across the Santa Rita Experimental Range for its Copper World mining complex.

Judge rules State violated the Open Meetings Law when it approved the value of a crucial right-of-way for the Copper World mine. URGENT ACTION: Tell Governor Hobbs to immediately direct the Arizona State Land Department to REVOKE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY!

On July 15, 2024, the comment period opened for the proposal to issue an air quality permit for the construction and operation of Hudbay’s Copper World Project. Comments were due Sept. 15, 2024. Jeremy Nichols with the Center for Biological Diversity authored comments, in partnership with SSSR.

Copper World has been granted an Aquifer Protection Permit by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. Our team is reviewing the permit closely and comparing the permit terms against the comments we provided in April 2024.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted on the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024. Under the guise of “permitting reform,” this legislation will roll back important protections for communities affected by extraction, promote oil and gas drilling and infrastructure.

We just released an economic report, authored by Power Consulting, that analyzes the impact of the Copper World project on the local economy. Read the full report here.