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$3M in federal funds will go to University of Arizona mineral processing plant near Sahuarita
4+ hour, 7+ min ago (182+ words) The federal government is providing $3 million to support a new mineral processing plant at the University of Arizona. The facility will be connected to an underground mine near the town of Sahuarita. The facility will serve as a training lab,…...
10 abducted from Canadian-owned mine in Sinaloa, Mexico
1+ week, 1+ day ago (130+ words) A Canadian mining company says it's suspending operations at a site in the Mexican state of Sinaloa after 10 workers were abducted there. Vancouver-based Vizsla Silver says the individuals were taken from a mining project in Concordia, Sinaloa. Mexican Security Secretary…...
UA gets nearly $15 million to reduce health threats left over from mining
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (136+ words) The University of Arizona says it has received almost $15 million to help ease health threats posed by products from mining. Arsenic-rich dust and fungal spores are types of tailings or waste left over from mining. The money from the National…...
A new federal rule would protect miners from black lung. Enforcement lags
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1172+ words) It used to take a single day for Andy Martin to mow his lawn. But after developing severe black lung disease, cutting his grass now takes three. He attributes his illness, a severe form of coal worker's pneumoconiosis characterized by…...
From Utah to China, where in the world could Arizona copper sitting under an Apache holy site go?
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1790+ words) For two decades, Resolution Copper has touted its massive mining project 60 miles east of Phoenix as an economic boom for Arizona " even though no ore has been extracted yet. The promises are thus: when operating at full capacity, the mine…...
Report: Recovering just 1% of mining waste could reduce reliance on imported critical minerals
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (1266+ words) Here's a startling fact for you: There's enough lithium in one year of U.S. mine waste to power 10 million electric vehicles. That's one of the main findings of a new study by Elizabeth Holley, associate professor of mining engineering at the…...
Arizona gets over $300,000 to map valuable minerals at old mine sites
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (184+ words) The USGS has awarded nearly $3 million in cooperative agreements with 13 state geological surveys, including Arizona ($333,117), Colorado ($70,851), Idaho ($49,625), Montana ($348,841), Nevada ($349,694), and New Mexico ($338,099). Jamey Jones, science coordinator of the USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative, said the program will give decision-makers the…...
A mining project in Santa Cruz County threatens the residential water supply
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (542+ words) Recently, residents of Patagonia, a small mountain town in the southeastern part of Arizona, have been receiving troubling letters. They're from a mining company called South32, and they're raising concerns about the impacts of industrial expansion on the region's water supply....
Trump blames ‘radical left court’ blocking land swap, labeling copper mine opponents ‘anti-American’
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (392+ words) Earlier this week, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked a land swap that would hand a swath of the Tonto National Forest " a parcel sacred to some Apaches " over to a multinational mining company in Arizona. President Donald Trump…...
Environmentalists, tribes ask BLM to reconsider southern Arizona mining project
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (254+ words) Tribal leaders and environmentalists are asking the Bureau of Land Management to reverse course on a southern Arizona mining project it green-lit at the end of June. The Copper Creek Exploration Project is the beginning stage of what could become…...