The U.S. Forest Service has told a federal court it is not sure when it could approve a land swap allowing Rio Tinto Plc to develop the Resolution Copper mine in Arizona, a surprising reversal that boosts several Native American groups opposed to the project.
to develop the Resolution Copper mine in Arizona, a surprising reversal that boosts several Native American groups opposed to the project.between a mining company hoping to supply more than a quarter of U.S. copper demand for the green energy transition and Indigenous groups seeking to preserve Arizona's Oak Flat campground, a site of religious importance that would be destroyed by the mine's construction.
The case has wound its way through several courts. Joan Pepin, an attorney for the Forest Service, told judges during aRumors have swirled in recent weeks that the Biden administration was on the verge of re-publishing that report, and several Rio executives made plans to travel to Arizona next week.
Previously, officials had said they would alert the court at least 60 days before re-publishing the report. Once re-published, officials would have an additional 60 days to transfer the land to Rio Tinto. Representatives for the San Carlos Apache tribe have vowed that if they lose, they will appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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