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Resolution Copper eliminating about 400 jobs

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SUPERIOR, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona mining company announced Friday it will suspend shaft and drilling work at its Superior operation and eliminate about 400 jobs, saying the moves are the result of continued uncertainty around a proposed land exchange.

Resolution Copper Mining officials said they will try to place affected workers in other jobs within the company. Some workers could be placed in positions with one of Resolution’s owners, London-based Rio Tinto.

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