US Supreme Court Declines to Hear Apache Appeal Against Proposed Copper Mine
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to weigh in on a case in which Native Americans of the Apache tribe sought to block efforts by two mining firms, BHP and Rio Tinto, from undertaking copper mining activities on land that the tribe regards as sacred according to their religious beliefs. On Tuesday, the highest court in the U.S. turned down a request to hear the Apache Stronghold’s appeal against a lower federal court’s decision to let the mining project to proceed in Arizona. With this new decision, the mining giants now have leeway to proceed with their project. The Apache…