Rio Tinto aims to keep Resolution’s copper in US, executive says

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Resolution Copper.)

By Rio Tinto | Engineering News

SANTIAGO – Rio Tinto aims to keep all of the copper from its Resolution mine inside the United States should the long-delayed and controversial project win regulatory approval, a senior executive said on Tuesday.

The Arizona mine would, if developed, over its life produce more than 40-billion pounds of copper and supply more than a quarter of US demand, but it is strongly opposed by some Native Americans given concerns the project could destroy a site of religious and cultural import.

That has placed Resolution at the center of a simmering debate about where best to secure copper and other critical minerals for the clean energy transition.

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