A U.S. district judge in Arizona has precluded the U.S. Forest Service from proceeding with the land exchange for the huge Oak Flat copper mine project until 60 days after the agency issues a required ...

A U.S. appeals court has temporarily blocked the transfer of federal forest land in Arizona to a pair of international companies that plan to mine one of the largest copper deposits in North America.

An Apache girl comes of age in a traditional ceremony, possibly the last at Oak Flat before copper mining threatens to transform the sacred site in Arizona.

PHOENIX — The US 60 reopened in Apache Junction near Gold Canyon after closing for a death investigation on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. A law enforcement situation caused both directions of ...

Rep. Adelita Grijalva has introduced a bill to repeal a 2014 law that authorized a land exchange for the Resolution Copper mine. The proposed mine at Oak Flat, a site sacred to Apache peoples, faces ...

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DRAGOON, Ariz.—In the boulder-strewn desert east of Tucson, miners are using sulfuric acid and bacteria to bring online the first new U.S. copper production in more than a decade.