On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected all petitions for rehearing in cases challenging a land exchange that is necessary for the Resolution Copper project in Arizona. The order leaves in place the March 13 decision by the court’s panel, which allowed the federal government to proceed with a congressionally mandated land exchange crucial to advancing development of one of the largest known copper deposits in the world.“Copper is crucial for our nation’s electrical grid, national defense, energy technologies, and advanced manufacturing,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Adam Gustafson of the Justice Department’s
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