2+ hour, 21+ min ago  (303+ words) Opponents of the Copper World mining project in the Santa Rita Mountains have placed a lien on 169 acres of state land that mine developer Hudbay Minerals Inc. purchased to keep the land from being developed for now. The lien amounts…...

6+ hour, 30+ min ago  (610+ words) A copper mining project near Mount Lemmon has received a financial boost from a Japanese company, and land has been purchased. Nittetsu Mining will invest up to $27 million in the future Oracle Ridge mine and manage the joint venture with…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (698+ words) The leading opposition group to the Copper World mine in the Santa Rita Mountains has filed two lawsuits seeking to overturn a recent State Land Department sale of 160 acres to be used for storage and disposal of mine tailings. The…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago  (1211+ words) Adoptable animals at Pima Animal Care Center. Contact: Pima Animal Care Center, 4000 N. Silverbell Road, 520-724-5900. Hours: Noon-7 p. m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 1: 30-7 p. m. Wednesday; 10 a. m. -5 p. m. Saturday and Sunday. To see a list of available pets and services, head to pim" After the U. S. Environmental…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (539+ words) They just don't care what the people want. No matter how much the overwhelming majority of Americans (including most Arizonans) makes it clear that efforts to sell off public lands and open previously protected areas to mining and other development…...

6+ mon, 4+ hour ago  (1744+ words) This flyover shows the Santa Rita Mountains" west slope, where Hudbay Minerals has been grading and land-clearing since April 2022 for its planned Copper World Mining Project. Video courtesy of Center for Biological Diversity. Pima County and eight environmental groups are…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (1795+ words) HAYDEN " Down Velasco Avenue, past Town Hall, the volunteer fire department, a dozen ramshackle bungalows and an empty community pool, stands a 1, 000-foot-tall smelter stack " dormant and casting an unwavering shadow over town. For a nearly century, the American Smelting…...

2+ mon, 5+ hour ago  (679+ words) The transfer of federal forest land in Arizona to a pair of international companies that plan to mine one of the largest copper deposits in North America is complete, but a group of Apache women is asking the U. S. Supreme Court…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (439+ words) SHOTLIST: TEHRAN, IRAN (MARCH 09, 2026) 1. PEOPLE GATHERING TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR NEW SUPREME LEADER 2. RECITATION OF QURAN DURING DEMONSTRATION 3. VARIOUS OF THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS GATHERING AT SQUARE 4. VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS CHANTING SLOGANS 5. VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS HOLDING BANNERS, PHOTOS 6. VARIOUS OF PARTICIPANTS…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1559+ words) A major mine northeast of Tucson that closed more than 20 years ago could see new life as part of a Canadian company's push to tap other copper deposits in the area. The San Manuel Mine in Pinal County once ranked…...