AZPM: “‘Arizona wears a huge copper collar around its neck’: Pima County residents protest state land sale to Copper World”

Katya Mendoza, AZPM
Photo Credit: Katya Mendoza, AZPM

Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Arizona State Office Building in Tucson onWednesday to protest the sale of a 160-acre parcel of state land that went to auction. The parcel was sold to the Canadian mining company Hudbay Minerals’ Copper World project for $993,000.