Florence Copper will soon be a large-scale, commercial mining facility operating in Florence, Arizona that will produce over one billion pounds of high-quality copper cathode using revolutionary technology called “in-situ copper recovery” (ISCR).
Links
- https://www.florencecopper.com/
- https://goo.gl/maps/Cs1tAi13nPTPeBc6A
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-47819.html
Notes
Owner: Taseko Mines Ltd
Nearest settlement: Florence (31 kinh, 5 km)
Start operations: expection for late 2025 or 2026
Projects & highlights:
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Florence Copper is not a typical mining operation. Rather, it employs in-situ copper recovery (ISCR), a low-impact method of copper recovery that has long-term environmental benefits. There is no open-pit or underground excavation, no waste rock piles, heap leach piles, or tailings storage areas, resulting in a much smaller footprint that does not alter the site topography.
In addition, Florence Cooper does not require blasting, loading, hauling, dumping, crushing, or conveying of mineralized material, resulting in 75% fewer carbon emissions, 65% less energy, and 78% less water consumed per pound of copper produced than conventional open-pit copper mines in Arizona.
Köppen climate type: BSh - Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate
Media
- Mar-26: Taseko announces First Cathode Harvest at Florence Copper (checked 2-Mar-26)
- Jan-26: Taseko wraps Florence build, nears first copper (checked 14-Jan-26)
- Oct-25: Taseko fires up Arizona Florence copper mine (checked 15-Oct-25)
- Jul-25: Taseko Mines Highlights 2024 Achievements, Progress Towards Florence Copper Production (checked 7-Jul-25)
Created: May-25; updated Jul-25, Oct-25, Jan-26, Mar-26