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Links to recent news and letters – 2020

December 31, 2020 By Lisa Froelich Leave a Comment

Hudbay to do exploratory drilling at third site in Santa Ritas
https://www.gvnews.com/news/hudbay-to-do-exploratory-drilling-at-third-site-in-santa-ritas/article_e2185808-239e-11eb-abba-3f26f67e0895.html
Dan Shearer, Green Valley News
November 10, 2020

Hudbay drilling
https://www.gvnews.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/hubby-drilling/article_8cf79348-1e49-11eb-b31d-2f3f0ca069fb.html
Green Valley News Letter to the Editor by Greg Shinsky
November 4, 2020

IN MY VIEW: Save our groundwater, save our community
https://www.gvnews.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/in-my-view-save-our-groundwater-save-our-community/article_596514f4-1bad-11eb-84f8-27bf2caeea93.html
Green Valley News Letter to the Editor by Peggy Bonthron
November 1, 2020

Halted once before, Hudbay Minerals doing exploratory drilling on western slope of Santa Ritas
https://kvoa.com/news/2020/10/19/halted-once-before-hudbay-minerals-doing-exploratory-drilling-on-western-slope-of-santa-ritas/
Mark Mingura, KVOA.com
October 19, 2020

Arizona Daily Star awards: AZ Journalist, Photographer and Newspaper of the Year
https://tucson.com/news/local/arizona-daily-star-awards-az-journalist-photographer-and-newspaper-of-the-year/article_1de7b9ea-4789-5101-858f-b6a312ff2220.html
Arizona Daily Star
October 18, 2020

Rosemont Mine’s parent Hudbay Minerals to start drilling on west slope of Santa Ritas
https://tucson.com/news/local/hudbay-minerals-will-start-drilling-on-west-slope-of-santa-ritas/article_95bdc718-805e-5759-9b06-a67729abc097.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share
Tony Davis, Arizona Daily Star
September 27, 2020

Mine to do exploratory drilling on western slope of Santa Ritas
https://www.gvnews.com/news/mine-to-do-exploratory-drilling-on-western-slope-of-santa-ritas/article_6c4af504-f9ff-11ea-96ef-0bd2600494ff.html
Dan Shearer, Green Valley News
September 19, 2020

Letter: National Environmental Policy Act regulatory revisions
https://tucson.com/opinion/letters/letter-national-environmental-policy-act-regulatory-revisions/article_454e47c0-db1f-11ea-b809-b3c3764d9a8e.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share
Arizona Daily Star Letter to the Editor by Dinah Bear
August 14, 2020

Mine Tales: Rosemont open pit would cap long history of copper mining in district
https://tucson.com/news/local/mine-tales-rosemont-open-pit-would-cap-long-history-of-copper-mining-in-district/article_73514956-a7b8-5cb4-b1b1-1cf9a635055b.html
William Ascarza, Special to the Arizona Daily Star
August 10, 2020

Letter: MINING IS, AND ALWAYS WILL BE, A DIRTY BUSINESS
https://tucson.com/opinion/letters/local-issues/letter-mining-is-and-always-will-be-a-dirty-business/article_04364df2-c146-11ea-b65d-179e9d9ce7d0.html
Arizona Daily Star Letter to the Editor by Dennis Winsten
July 16, 2020

Letter: Rosemont Mine
https://tucson.com/opinion/letters/local-issues/letter-rosemont-mine/article_a05b138c-ba4f-11ea-86a8-5bb50154f9d5.html
Arizona Daily Star Letter to the Editor by James Cook
July 4, 2020

Feds, company say valid mining claims not needed for Rosemont Mine OK
https://tucson.com/news/local/feds-company-say-valid-mining-claims-not-needed-for-rosemont-mine-ok/article_d79f21c1-9803-530d-906b-4e7e33f59be4.html
Tony Davis, Arizona Daily Star
June 29, 2020

Hudbay Advances Appeal of Unprecedented Rosemont Court Decision
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/06/22/2051604/0/en/Hudbay-Advances-Appeal-of-Unprecedented-Rosemont-Court-Decision.html
GlobeNewswire
June 22, 2020

Letter: Rosemont Mine
https://tucson.com/opinion/letters/local-issues/letter-rosemont-mine/article_e33f7bca-9b82-11ea-9829-dbdf20c1b1df.html
Arizona Daily Star Letter to the Editor by Jim Reinertson
May 21, 2020

Letter: Re: the May 17. article “Letters to the Editor”
https://tucson.com/opinion/letters/local-issues/letter-re-the-may-17-article-letters-to-the-editor/article_53e30650-99dd-11ea-9dcb-3f17943f423e.html
Arizona Daily Star Letter to the Editor by Regina Watkins
May 20, 2020

Rosemont Mine’s impacts on endangered jaguar still hotly debated by federal officials
https://tucson.com/news/local/rosemont-mines-impacts-on-endangered-jaguar-still-hotly-debated-by-federal-officials/article_45fdbef8-abb6-5deb-8c22-a9cb6062bcba.html
Tony Davis, Arizona Daily Star
May 16, 2020

Canadian mining company in Peru tried to cover up COVID-19 outbreak endangering workers, community – report
https://thinkpol.ca/2020/05/14/canadian-mining-company-peru-tried-cover-covid-19-outbreak-endangering-workers-community-report/
THINKPOL
May 14, 2020

Latest Rosemont Mine ruling a partial victory for the jaguar in Arizona
https://tucson.com/news/local/latest-rosemont-mine-ruling-a-partial-victory-for-the-jaguar-in-arizona/article_2c1d1080-6633-56a5-83b2-19dd6043ea60.html
Tony Davis, Arizona Daily Star
May 11, 2020

IN BRIEF: Hudbay Minerals sub appeals judge’s rejection of $1.9 bln copper mine approval
https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-mining-lawsuit/in-brief-hudbay-minerals-sub-appeals-judges-rejection-of-19-bln-copper-mine-approval-idUSL2N2C1299
Sebastien Malo, Reuters
April 13, 2020

Longtime Pima County Supervisor Richard Elías dies at 61
https://tucson.com/news/local/longtime-pima-county-supervisor-richard-el-as-dies-at-61/article_ca26eeae-7146-11ea-9b6e-d7a59f26989e.html
Arizona Daily Star
March 28, 2020

Endangered species throw roadblock in path of Rosemont Copper mine
https://www.eacourier.com/free-access/endangered-species-throw-roadblock-in-path-of-rosemont-copper-mine/article_d7e0da60-4dd7-11ea-a585-bfdd8e0ea779.html
Jessica Myers, Cronkite News
February 14, 2020

Judge sides with opponents of Rosemont copper mine, overturns wildlife analysis
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2020/02/11/court-ruling-arizona-rosemont-copper-mine-overturns-wildlife-analysis/4719690002/
Ian James, Arizona Republic
February 11, 2020

Federal judge again rules against Rosemont Mine
https://tucson.com/news/local/federal-judge-again-rules-against-rosemont-mine/article_1fed0837-0af1-5fc2-a8c5-6a63fcb5179d.html
Tony Davis, Arizona Daily Star
February 11, 2020

Mining firm still committed to open-pit project in Arizona
https://tucson.com/news/state-and-regional/mining-firm-still-committed-to-open-pit-project-in-arizona/article_43476d8b-20e1-5c05-8e78-e662d974d23d.html
Associated Press
February 11, 2020

Judge overturns agency’s OK for new copper mine in Arizona
https://tucson.com/news/state-and-regional/judge-overturns-agency-s-ok-for-new-copper-mine-in/article_f84a5989-7a99-5a80-b9db-3e5428c4d50d.html
Associated Press
February 10, 2020

Judge Overturns Wildlife Agency’s Approval of Rosemont Copper Mine in Arizona
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/judge-overturns-wildlife-agencys-approval-of-rosemont-copper-mine-in-arizona-2020-02-10/
Press Release, Center for Biological Diversity
February 10, 2020

Tucson gaining national reputation as mining tech hub
https://tucson.com/business/tucson-gaining-national-reputation-as-mining-tech-hub/article_3a745af1-c8d0-5485-96f0-8499d1d50520.html
Gabriela Rico, Arizona Daily Star
February 8, 2020

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