Tony Davis | Feb. 12, 2023 | Updated March 9, 2023

Hudbay Minerals Inc. is contesting a federal agency’s order to stop grading and land-clearing on a portion of its Copper World project, while it’s under a law enforcement investigation by a second federal agency over its work at the entire site in the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson. The twin agency actions — one by the U.S. Army Corps of engineers, the other by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — raise questions about how long Hudbay can legally keep grading at the 4,500-acre, privately owned Copper World site on the west slope of the Santa Ritas.

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