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By Ernest Scheyder
March 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Forest Service plans to re-publish an environmental report before July that will set in motion a land swap between the U.S. government and Rio Tinto , allowing the mining giant to develop the controversial Resolution Copper project in Arizona.
The move would be the latest blow to Native Americans who have long opposed the mine project, which would destroy a site of religious importance but supply more than a quar...
>>> Read more: UPDATE 2-U.S. Forest Service to OK land swap for Rio's Arizona mine before July
By Ernest Scheyder
March 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Forest Service plans to re-publish an environmental report before July that will set in motion a land swap between the U.S. government and Rio Tinto , allowing the mining giant to develop the controversial Resolution Copper project in Arizona.
The move would be the latest blow to Native Americans who have long opposed the mine project, which would destroy a site of religious importance but supply more than a quar...
>>> Read more: UPDATE 2-U.S. Forest Service to OK land swap for Rio's Arizona mine before July
