Rosemont takes mine ruling to appeals court

Rosemont Copper Mine: A computer rendering of the pit and tailings pile of the proposed Rosemont Mine in the Santa Rita Mountains./
Hudbay Mining

By Curt Prendergast | Arizona Daily Star

Rosemont Copper filed a notice Friday that it is appealing a federal judge’s ruling that barred construction of an open-pit copper mine in the Santa Rita Mountains.

The company planned to build what would be the third largest copper mine in the United States on about 4,500 acres of private and public lands southeast of Tucson.

As part of the $1.9 billion mining operation, Rosemont planned to deposit nearly 2 billion tons of waste rock and tailings on public lands.

The plan sparked a legal challenge from environmental groups and three Indian tribes.

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