Mining regulatory bill splits Nevada’s congressional delegation

Mining regulatory bill splits Nevada’s congressional delegation

Sit of Hudbay Minerals Inc.'s Rosemont project, later renamed Copper World south of Tucson. The project that was the subject of a court ruling that reinterpreted the General Mining Law of 1872. (Photo by David Abbott/Arizona Mirror)Nevada lawmakers are once again taking the lead in a bipartisan effort to reverse a court ruling adopting a stricter interpretation of a 150-year-old federal mining law. Mining developers in the West have grappled wit…