On January 31, 2025, SSSR, the Center for Biological Diversity and Farmers Investment Co. filed an appeal to the Air Quality Permit granted to Copper World on January 2, 2025 by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.

In the wake of our September victory in an Open Meetings Law violation lawsuit, SSSR and Farmers Investment Company filed a new lawsuit seeking to overturn a crucial right-of-way that is necessary for the operation of the proposed $1.3 billion Copper World mining complex.

Beginning in November 2024, we started to hear increasing reports of dust along Santa Rita Rd and blasting sounds from the Copper World Site. SSSR has been communicating with all relevant organizations to arrive at a solution.

Austin Nunez, Chairman of the San Xavier District, Tohono O'odham Nation.
Special to the Arizona Daily Star, Jan 26, 2025

The ASLD’s Board of Appeals voted 3-1 to rectify an Open Meetings Law violation related to the issuance of a right of way that would allow Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals, Inc., to construct mining waste pipelines across the Santa Rita Experimental Range for its Copper World mining complex.

Copper World has been granted an Aquifer Protection Permit by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. Our team is reviewing the permit closely and comparing the permit terms against the comments we provided in April 2024.

We just released an economic report, authored by Power Consulting, that analyzes the impact of the Copper World project on the local economy. Read the full report here.