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Supreme Court turns down Apaches' bid to block copper mine on sacred site

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Justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas dissented from the Supreme Court's denial of the appeal.

The court rejected an appeal from the nonprofit organization Apache Stronghold .

Apache Stronghold challenged the transfer of the site known as Oak Flat to the mining company.

The company plans to use a technique called panel carving, which would turn the site into a crater.

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