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Arizona Industry

Arizona Industry. GCU 221 Copper, Agriculture, Ranching, High Tec, Real Estate. What will happen to Arizona ? Went from No. 2 state job 2006 growth to No. 49 2009. Copper Mining Farming Cattle Ranching High Tech Industry Real Estate

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Arizona Industry

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  1. Arizona Industry GCU 221 Copper, Agriculture, Ranching, High Tec, Real Estate

  2. What will happen to Arizona? Went from No. 2 state job 2006 growth to No. 49 2009 • Copper Mining • Farming • Cattle Ranching • High Tech Industry • Real Estate Which of these industries are subsidized by the government? Are they worth it?

  3. Copper Mining in Arizona • 0.5% jobs mining, generate 2% GDP • In 2009 generated $9.3 billion • 61% of US production in 2005 (EPA) • 72 mining companies operating 126 mines A highly conductive and corrosive resistant material used for coinage, wire, architecture, piping…

  4. Arizona Copper Mining: Issues • Generates more waste then mining any other material because source rock is 1% or less concentrated in copper ore. • Reclamation of slag - $50 million spent in 2009 near Superior, AZ

  5. Arizona Copper Mining: Issues • Leaching – Weak acids dissolve the copper in the ore and can contaminate soils with radionuclides. • Solvent Extraction – An organic solvent is added to the acid, binding with the copper and then physically removed. • Milling and Separation – Crushing the ore down further and separating out the best pieces. • Smelting – Ore Roasted to remove sulphur and moisture. Mixed with sand and limestone forming two layers, one the slag the other the concentrated copper.

  6. Arizona Copper Mining: Issues • Should they open a mine in the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson? http://www.scenicsantaritas.org/

  7. Arizona Copper Mining: Issues • A different view.

  8. Agriculture in Arizona$9 billion industry

  9. Agriculture in Arizona

  10. Agriculture in Arizona • 2010 - with the passage of SB1070, you can be arrested for being in the country illegally • Keeping many immigrants and guest workers from coming back to agriculture jobs. • Will Arizonans, facing 9% unemployment take these jobs? • In Washington, offering $125 to $150 a day, and so far Washingtonians are not taking the jobs.

  11. Agriculture in Arizona: Issues • Soil Erosion: the loss of unprotected soil • Salinization: increased salinity of soils from irrigation (1.1 million tons of salt per year from AZ rivers, a semi-truck of salt into Phoenix every 15 seconds) • Land subsidence: cracks from groundwater withdrawal Luk Luke Air Force Base http://www.azgs.az.gov/EFC.shtml http://phoenix.gov/WATER/cassph2exec.pdf

  12. That is a scary sink hole!

  13. Cattle Ranching in Arizona$770 million industry • More money made on cattle than any other agricultural commodity • Erosion and biomass reduction are issues. • Originally ran around 20 head of cattle per acre, currently only support 7. http://www.westernwatersheds.org/arizona

  14. Tech industry in Arizona$8.8 billion payroll • Average worker earns $75,000, 85% higher than average • 116,000 high tech jobs • 52 out of every 1,000 private sector jobs are in this industry. • 6th in defense electronics management • 4th in semiconductor manufacturing http://www.techamerica.org/cyberstates-2009-arizona

  15. Tech industry: Issues • Sustainable?: Major companies supply products to the department of defense. Currently facing $500 billion or $1 trillion in cuts. • Water contamination issues: Motorola Superfund site cost over $1.5 million from excessive solvents getting in the groundwater. • Running low on American engineers to hire, looking for employees overseas. http://responsibility.motorola.com/index.php/environment/operations/remediation/sitehistory/ http://www.techamerica.org/cyberstates-2009-arizona

  16. Real Estate in Arizona National Association of Realtor's chief economist, David Lereah, "This looks like we're touching down for the soft landing we've been expecting”. Speaking in 2006, when the bubble popped.http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1170721,00.html#ixzz1d8NggBge

  17. Top 10 Employers in Arizona 2006 to 2009 (non-government) http://www.jobbankusa.com/jobs/arizona_az/job_employment_largest_employers.html • Wal-Mart: 26,000 to over 30,000 • Banner Health: 20,000 to 20,000 • Wells Fargo: 11,800 to over 13,000 • Honeywell International: 12,500 to over 12,000 • Bashas’ Supermarkets: 9,966 to over 10,000 • Apollo Group - University of Phoenix: over 10,000 new • Intel Corp: 10,900 to over 10,000 • U.S. Airways: over 9,000 new • Target: over 9,000 new • Freeport McMoran Copper and Gold: over 8,000 (new) Off the list: Raytheon: 10,650 to off, Home Depot: 9,600 to off, Kroger – Fry’s: 9,340 to off, J.P. Morgan Chase: 9,260 to 7,000

  18. Things to know • Know the major benefits and issues associated with copper mining, agriculture, cattle ranching, and the tech industry in Arizona. • Don’t focus on the details but the bigger picture issues Questions? ask Dr. Douglass

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