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Federal appeals court denies Apache Stronghold's bid to stop a copper mine at Oak Flat
The mine would be built and operated by Resolution Copper, owned by British-Australian mining companies Rio Tinto and BHP. Resolution offered other environmentally-sensitive parcels in exchange and said the project would bring about 3,700 jobs and $1 billion annually to Arizona’s economy.
A long, bumpy history
The mine would use a new mining method known as block cave mining, a systemic excavation process that would leave behind a crater about 1,000 feet deep and about 1.8 miles in diameter.
The subsidence would destroy Oak Flat, the riparian area that sustains the Emory oak and other species, and the underground water sources that created the site.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/06/28/9th-circuit-court-denies-appeal-stop-copper-mine-oak-flat/7750393001/