内容摘要：A crew with the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority installs power poles, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, on the Navajo Nation in Halchita, Utah. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

A crew with the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority installs power poles, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, on the Navajo Nation in Halchita, Utah. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

“We will never stop fighting — nothing will deter us from protecting Oak Flat from destruction,” said Wendsler Nosie Sr. of Apache Stronghold. He called the high court’s decision a “heavy blow” but urged action in Congress while vowing to continue the court fight.An estimated 40 billion pounds of copper could be mined over the lifetime of the mine, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

The project has significant support inand other traditional mining towns in the area. The company estimates the mine will generate $1 billion a year for Arizona’s economy and create thousands of local jobs.Victoria Peacey, general manager of Resolution Copper, said the project could become one of the largest copper mines in the country. She said the company has made “major changes” to the mining plan to reduce the impact on tribes.

Members of Apache and others who want to halt a massive copper mining project on federal land in Arizona gather outside the U.S. District Court, May 7, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)Members of Apache and others who want to halt a massive copper mining project on federal land in Arizona gather outside the U.S. District Court, May 7, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Resolution Copper is a subsidiary of international mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP.

Justice Samuel Alito did not take part in the case, presumably because he owns between $15,000 and $50,000 worth of BHP stock, according to his most recent financial disclosure., despite Copenhagen

. Vice President JD Vancein March for a quick stop at the U.S. military base there after

a broader visit. During that trip, Vance scolded Denmark but acknowledged that Greenland would control its own sovereignty — while still suggesting that it may want to make a deal with the United States.WHERE IT STANDS: Political off-ramp found.