Anyone driving along the snaky portion of Highway 60 between Claypool and Miami recently may have seen the work underway at the BHP bridge. Known as the Miami Entrance Bridge Erosion Control Project, it was started by BHP to control the deterioration of bridge scour as well as natural erosion …
Read More »Tag Archives: Mining
Salting the earth: The con is on
As it turns out, P.T. Barnum never said, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” But that doesn’t make it any less true. Depending on the degree to which someone wants to believe, even a thoughtful person can be convinced of just about anything. Anxious people with the desire for quick …
Read More »Rio Tinto and Cementation are hiring
Rio Tinto/ Resolution Copper Environmental Supervisor to assure a high standard of compliance and baseline data collection for environmental activities performed by contractors and employees. This role is a great opportunity to oversee an environmental sampling team and environmental monitoring program. This role supports data collection and management for regulatory compliance and baseline data …
Read More »Current Job Listings at Freeport McMoRan in Globe-Miami
Warehouse Technician I – Miami, AZ Date posted 01/20/2018 Job Description – Under direct supervision, performs a variety of routine warehouse duties involving the receiving, unloading inventory, storing, movement, and distribution of goods and materials at assigned site. Responsibilities include: • Receive, inspect and unload goods and materials and place …
Read More »Playground Grand Opening Saturday at Mine Park
GLOBE- The historic Old Dominion Mine Park will host an official grand opening for its’ expanded playground for kids on Saturday, February 3rd at 2pm. Although kids have been enjoying it for some time during the ongoing improvements, the formal grand opening ceremony for the playground is this weekend. The …
Read More »Copper Mine Land Exchange Claims, Objection Period ends January 29
PHOENIX, January 17, 2018 —For Immediate Release. The comment period for those with Federal or private land claims tied to the proposed land exchange between the Federal Government and Resolution Copper Mining LLC for a copper mine near Superior, Arizona, closes on January 29, 2018. Persons claiming such properties or having any …
Read More »Chrysotile, Arizona: First Hand accounts of life at an Asbestos Mine
Chrysotile, Arizona was home to one of Arizona’s most prolific asbestos mines in the early 1900s. At the time there were over a hundred and fifty of these mines found throughout Central Arizona, largely concentrated in the Salt River region. Collectively they produced some 75,000 tons of asbestos from 1913 …
Read More »Draft Wilderness Inventory Map and Evaluation Criteria Available for Public Review
PHOENIX, September 13, 2017—Tonto National Forest officials have developed a draft inventory map as part of the ongoing Wilderness Recommendation Process. The map is now available for public review. The Tonto National Forest (TNF) developed the final inventory criteria used to produce the draft inventory map after listening to public comments during public meetings and analyzing written comments during …
Read More »Old Dominion Mine Park-its’ Past and Future
There are few places in Arizona that allow one to simultaneously stand in the present and experience the past as vividly as the Old Dominion Mine Park in Globe. Seen through the eyes of a woman who considered herself an outsider some 19 years ago, the park is simultaneously a …
Read More »29th Annual Apache Leap Mining Festival celebrates copper
SUPERIOR – The annual festival will be held March 17th – 19th beginning with a kick off Friday night at 5 pm with live music, carnival, vendors with yummy food and great retail items along with a beer garden. Saturday the event begins at 10 am with the traditional …
Read More »