Arizona is at the heart of the U.S. race to produce more copper domestically, and a planned mine in Casa Grande is clearing hurdles to put it on track for construction to start sometime next year.

Politicians and mining company executives concocted this bill to overturn the Rosemont decision, an Arizona District Court Ruling reaffirmed by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2022.

PIMA COUNTY, Ariz. (KGUN) — The University of Arizona’s San Xavier Mining Laboratory near Sahuarita is a hands-on learning space for students and a place where people in the industry can ...

And the timing couldn’t be worse. The Phoenix Active Management Area, where the mine would operate, is already out of hydrological balance, according to the Arizona Department of Water Resources.