We Went to America's Biggest Copper Mine: The Corruption Will Shock You

When you realize politicians on both sides are just the face of huge corporations it all makes sense.

Corporations never cease to find ways to disappoint and disgust me.

Wind power is 8 tons of copper per megawatt. The same people who villify mining are demanding wind turbines and batteries. Anyone who demands "renewables" is demanding a staggering amount of mining. While also protesting about it.

Why should two foreign companies have ANY rights here? Their nasty histories elsewhere should be a huge red flag.

They're not even pretending to care anymore.

"they gave us 50 bucks and a backpack so yeah sure destroy this town" Holy hell that's....frightening.

Don't forget the Golden Rule: Those of that whom owned the gold, makes the rules....

I live in a mining town. When one of our biggest mines closed it affected our school district which consists of 3 small towns and numerous surrounding locations. We went from graduating 125 kids a year to about 50. Grocery stores closed, along with gas stations, theaters, restaurants, bars,liquor stores, and many other small businesses. With the good working people gone, low income welfare types came. People not wanting to work saw opportunity for low cost housing and low job prospects so they could continue collecting handouts. We are now in the second generation of these people. Crime has risen, homes are in disrepair, blight is everywhere and rarely enforced, businesses barely survive, and to top it all off, meth came here with these people too. We are in a remote area and wouldn't exist in the first place had there not been mining. Because we are so far away from things new businesses don't see it cost effective to set up here. Now i could blame the mines for not providing for the town, but it isn't their fault that it wasn't cost effective to stay open. Times were much better when they were here, and we still use school buildings that were built by them. Nobody trusts that they will be open forever, and they never said they would be here in Minnesota. As far as pollution goes, we have clean air and the best water in the state. Our city water comes from an abandoned mine pit. The twin cities 4 hours south on the other hand is a cesspool. They all come up here on weekends to catch fish they can eat and escape the true enemy of the land- overpopulation. When it comes to copper, everyone in this video was using it. We should mine it here, or stop using it. Regulate everything heavily though- most copper comes from third world countries with no regulation, child labor etc. Do it right and do it here. Don't be against something unless you're willing to live without it.

“Boom and bust” is a nice way of saying “a company extracted all the value it could from us and our land then left us to rot”

The chimney of the copper smelter in Hayden is the tallest free standing structure in Arizona. It's like something out of a sci fi movie.

Would love to see you investigate the water issue in Idaho. Eastern Idaho, 500K farm acres were put under water curtailment in May 2024. Thank you.

"We are all the dust beneath the carpet..." Such a profound and true statement.

I’ve been supporting Apache Stronghold’s fight against Resolution Copper for 12 years now and I applaud you for getting the facts and laying out the timeline so clearly and accurately. This is a story of corporate greed and government corruption driving eco-destruction, indigenous g-cide, and the dispossession of the working class. This is a crucially important fight in the American Southwest. THANK YOU for reporting on it so faithfully! THANK YOU!!

You said Superior and every Midwesterner was like "oh you mean the next town over.." And then you blew their minds by saying Arizona.

The backside of the "green" transition... it has never been about the environment, only about profits

Unfortunately, this is a story that is happening everywhere in the world.

this kind of reporting, is thankless, very rare nowadays, and absolutely needed. i appreciate what you do. i wish i could contribute in some way monetarily, im sorry i cant. keep up the good work and know youre doing something good, be proud.

I worked in mining. Mining provides wealth and employment. Minerals are about as important as food. Where the heck do these guys think wealth comes from?

Thank you for making this video, you have turned it from a town fight to a much larger one

It's the same for California communities that sprung up around old oil wells and refineries. You'd think they would be super wealthy, but that wealth doesn't go to the communities, the wealth goes to the investors instead. And all the "externalities", the pollution, disease, and crime after the extraction site is sold off? That stays with the communities because the investors consider it someone else's problem. Maybe we should make it their problem? If they get rid of a mine or well without cleaning up the site first, the toxic substances should be shipped to their families. It will probably never fly, but a guy can dream.