In April, LMN hosted Roger Featherstone from the Arizona Mining Reform Coalition when he visited London to address the 2014 Rio Tinto AGM. He was here to call on Rio Tinto, and BHP Billiton as a junior partner in the project, not to go ahead with their plans for the Resolution Copper project. The companies are still pressing ahead with the project despite concerted opposition from Native American Tribes and environmentalists.
Rio, BHP very close to develop U.S. largest copper mine
Arizona’s lawmakers slipped Tuesday night a piece of legislation that would allow mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton to jointly build a massive copper mine in the state as part of a deal with the U.S. Government.
San Carlos Apache Leader Seeks Senate Defeat of Copper Mine on Sacred Land
The leader of the San Carlos Apache Tribe is asking the Senate not to vote on the annual National Defense Authorization Act until a provision that would allow a massive copper mining project on sacred land is removed.
57 Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Urge Senate to Nix Sacred Land Giveaway
More than 70 tribal nations have urged the U.S. Senate to defeat or remove a section of the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act that would transfer a part of the publicly-owned Tonto National Forest that is sacred to the San Carlos Apache Tribe to a giant international corporation for a massive, environmentally devastating copper mine.