Cemex argues against newfound jurisdictional argument
A car drives past the Cemex mining site as scene from Soledad Canyon Road near Agua Dulce Canyon Road in Canyon Country. Dan Watson/The Signal

Cemex argues against newfound jurisdictional argument

Cemex, the international mining company proposing a massive sand and gravel mine on Santa Clarita’s eastern border in Soledad Canyon, is fighting back against a new question raised on the…

Cemex case prolonged until 2021 after attorney tests positive for COVID-19
Abandoned equipment stands at the Cemex site in Canyon Country. Dan Watson/The Signal

Cemex case prolonged until 2021 after attorney tests positive for COVID-19

The yearslong court battle over contracts of Cemex, the international mining company proposing a massive sand and gravel mine on Santa Clarita’s eastern border in Soledad Canyon, is moving into…

Cemex contract expires Friday; land bureau denies extension
Abandoned equipment stands at the Cemex site in Canyon Country. Dan Watson/The Signal

Cemex contract expires Friday; land bureau denies extension

Cemex’s second 10-year contract proposing a mega-mine on Santa Clarita’s eastern border in Soledad Canyon is expected to expire Friday, following a denial from the Bureau of Land Management of…

BLM: Cemex has 30 days to pay $7M
The Cemex mining site in Canyon Country. Dan Watson/The Signal

BLM: Cemex has 30 days to pay $7M

Cemex, the international company proposing a mega-mine on Santa Clarita’s eastern border in Soledad Canyon, has 30 days to pay $7 million to the Bureau of Land Management or face…

BLM: Cemex owes more than $25 million in annual payments
Santa Clarita City Councilmembers Laurene Weste, left, and Bob Kellar celebrate as they report on the decision about the Cemex Mine at a press conference held at Santa Clarita City Hall in Valencia in March 2019. Dan Watson/The Signal

BLM: Cemex owes more than $25 million in annual payments

Cemex owes more than $25 million to the Bureau of Land Management and, if the payments are not made, the multinational company’s contracts for sand and gravel mining in Soledad…

City takes ‘wait-and-see’  approach on Cemex suit
Site of proposed Cemex mine in Soledad Canyon as viewed looking northwest from Soledad Canyon Road. Signal photo by Dan Watson

City takes ‘wait-and-see’ approach on Cemex suit

Members of Santa Clarita’s subcommittee on the Cemex issue said Tuesday there was no public announcement in response to the international mining corporation’s recently filed lawsuit because the city is…

Feds respond to new Cemex lawsuit
Abandoned equipment stands at the Cemex site in Canyon Country. Dan Watson/The Signal

Feds respond to new Cemex lawsuit

Within months after the city of Santa Clarita and mining opponents declared victory in the decades-long battle with Cemex due to a government ruling, international mining conglomerate Cemex has filed…

City: Open space concession led to Cemex lawsuit dismissal
Abandoned equipment stands on the site of the Cemex site in Canyon Country. Dan Watson/The Signal

City: Open space concession led to Cemex lawsuit dismissal

City officials acknowledged for the first time Wednesday an informal agreement on the surface rights of the proposed Cemex mine site in Soledad Canyon led the mining company to drop…

City on Cemex: ‘We’re not done yet’
Santa Clarita City Councilmembers Laurene Weste, left, and Bob Kellar celebrate as they report on the decision about the Cemex Mine at a press conference held at Santa Clarita City Hall in Valencia in March 2019. Dan Watson/The Signal

City on Cemex: ‘We’re not done yet’

The fight is over — for the most part. That’s the message that city of Santa Clarita officials and local dignitaries expressed Thursday over the Cemex ruling from the Interior…

Reactions vary to Cemex decision
The city of Santa Clarita has been fighting the startup of mining on the city's edge by Cemex for decades. Jim Holt/The Signal

Reactions vary to Cemex decision

After a much-anticipated decision the Interior Board of Land Appeals reached Wednesday regarding the proposed Cemex sand and gravel mine, several current and former Santa Clarita Valley leaders in government,…

Mixed IBLA decision weakens prospect of Cemex mining in Soledad Canyon
Abandoned equipment stands at the Cemex site in Canyon Country. Dan Watson/The Signal

Mixed IBLA decision weakens prospect of Cemex mining in Soledad Canyon

After four years of investigation, wrangling and debate, a federal review board has reached a decision in Cemex’s appeal of the contract-canceling decision made by the Bureau of Land Management…

City officials await decision on CEMEX
A car drives past the Cemex mining site which can be seen from Soledad Canyon Road near Auga Dulce Canyon Road in Canyon Country. Dan Watson/The Signal

City officials await decision on CEMEX

As the year comes to a close, city of Santa Clarita officials are staying attentive on a pending decision that could change the course of the long-fought CEMEX mining project.…

City Council members discuss Cemex with Trump administration Dept. of Interior
The Cemex mining site in Canyon Country. Dan Watson/The Signal

City Council members discuss Cemex with Trump administration Dept. of Interior

Two Santa Clarita City Council members recently returned from Washington, D.C., after their first discussion with President Trump’s administration regarding a top concern for the city—the ongoing fight against the…

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