The fate of a proposed copper mine that Native people say would obliterate a sacred site near Superior and violate their religious rights will be determined before a federal appeals court Tuesday in ...

A newly elected Arizona congresswoman has introduced legislation that could upend a controversial land swap involving thousands of acres of federal land and a massive copper mining project that's been ...

Superior Mayor Mila Besich-Lira comes from a family of miners, so she knows it takes a long time to open a mine. But even she is getting frustrated by the years of reviews and court challenges to the ...

Mining is in my blood. I am a fifth-generation miner born and raised in Superior. I worked in the industry for more than 20 years. I don’t oppose mining, but I am firmly against Resolution Copper’s ...

Members of the San Carlos Apache tribe gathered as the Capitol building to protest a proposal that would trade away land for mining, land that is sacred to them. Credit: Jamie Cochran, Cronkite News ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - An environmental review for a proposed copper mine in eastern Arizona did not adequately analyze the potential impacts of climate change and the strain that drought and demand have ...

Opposition groups that seek to halt the Resolution Copper project are neither reasonable nor practical in their fight. Certainly not for the interests of Superior, my hometown whose land and people I ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min The Resolution Copper Mine has ...

Resolution Copper Mining, owned by Resolution Copper Company (55%), a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, and BHP Copper (45%), a subsidiary of BHP. BHP reported in January 2021 that any mine construction is ...

As America steps toward a clean energy future – a key plank of the incoming Biden administration’s agenda – a copper deposit in central Arizona could help make that future a reality. Copper is an ...

Resolution has been looking to mine the site since 2004. But it was not until 10 years later that Congress approved a measure — attached by Sen. John McCain as a last-minute amendment to the must-pass ...