More copper mining projects mean ‘bright’ future for state
by Kaly Nasiff | Cronkite News
Despite federal roadblocks, copper mining still has a bright future in Arizona, industry officials say.
In 2016, mining accounted for 11,500 jobs in Arizona, down 1,000 from the year before, according to data from the L. William Seidman Research Institute at Arizona State University.
Kelly Norton, president of the Arizona Mining Association, stresses the importance of indirect jobs that mining accounts for in fields like construction. There were 31,800 of those jobs in 2014 and the mining industry had an impact of $4.29 billion on Arizona’s economy that year, according to the Seidman Research Institute.
