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Oak Flat, east of Superior, Arizona. A company proposes to build one of the world's largest underground copper mines at this location.

Court rules against Apaches in bid to halt proposed mine

Tribes and environmental groups had argued to stop the transfer

Ga'an Canyon is a place where beings who have been compared to angels live according to the Apache religion. It is near Oak Flat.

Nearly 200 organizations ask Biden to save Oak Flat

A letter calls on the Biden Administration to stop the land transfer of the religious site to Resolution Copper, among other things.

Lauren Redniss on "Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West".

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Controversial Oak Flat mine moves closer to reality

Oak Flat, sacred to the Apache and other tribes, sits over a huge reserve of copper.

The Rio Sonora flows through the town of Baviácora, Sonora, July 30, 2019.

6 years after Rio Sonora mining spill, contamination continues

Residents impacted by the spill say neither the mining company nor the government have followed through with promises.

The Canyon Mine, about 15 miles south of the Grand Canyon, was approved in 1986 but has not produced any uranium, its owners say, in part because subsidized competition from foreign countries like China and Russia keeps prices too low.

Plan to ‘revive’ uranium mining called unneeded, unwanted by advocates

Environmentalists fear the removal of regulations on the industry, which they say has yet to address a toxic legacy.

More than 1,700 workers from a number of unions have been on strike against Asarco copper mining and refining operations in Arizona and Texas for four months now.

Immovable objects: Asarco, striking workers at odds after four months

The strike, which started in October, includes more than 1,700 workers at five Asarco facilities in Texas and Southern Arizona

The proposed site of the Rosemont Copper mining project is in the Santa Rita Mountains in Southern Arizona.

District judge overturns another part of Rosemont Mine approval

The judge on Monday threw out the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's approval of the project.

Communities affected by mining spill win case in Mexico's Supreme Court

The decision granted protection to Sonora River Valley residents seeking remediation following a 2014 Grupo México toxic mine spill.

Workers made their demands known at the start of their strike against Asarco by projecting them on to the side of company facility in Hayden. That was Oct. 13, and workers are still on strike three months later, with the two sides apparently not closer to a settlement.

As strike against Asarco enters fourth month, workers remain determined

Workers brought their fight to the state Capitol on Monday, rallying to demand that lawmakers hold foreign companies accountable for their treatment of U.S. workers.