Huge mine trucks and other heavy trucks may soon face strict limits on how many can travel and how fast they can travel on dirt roads in unincorporated Pima County.

Long lines and overcapacity at meeting after environmental group sent flyers urging discussion on Copper World.

A coalition of Southern Arizona environmental groups led by Save the Scenic Santa Ritas today requested Governor Katie Hobbs to cancel plans to auction 160 acres of State Trust Land sought by Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals for its proposed Copper World mine.

On October 21, 2025, the Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to reaffirm the county's opposition to the Copper World mining project.

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 May 2025, the judge denied ADEQ's Motion to Dismiss, allowing the appeal to move forward.

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.

Newly released economic report, authored by Power Consulting, concludes that Copper World project will devastate the local economy.