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The mining never stops, but Kennecott’s massive open pit grows — slowly
Kennecott’s mine, smelter and refinery are the largest sources ... Kennecott began in 1903 as the Utah Copper Co., and the first mining in Bingham Canyon was underground, although the vast ...
Kennecott’s Bingham Canyon Mine isn’t just one of Utah’s biggest sources of toxic waste. It’s among the top in the country.
Kennecott’s Bingham Canyon Mine had the ... that’s second only to an open-pit copper mine, smelter and rod mill about 80 ...
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Rio Tinto Continues to Review Options for Kennecott Copper Mine — Commodity Comment
This offset geotechnical challenges at Kennecott as instabilities in the pit wall impacted the mining sequence from the second quarter." On Kennecott copper ... our smelter with third party ...
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Why a Utahn's lawsuit over his wife's death is going back to trial
A judge has awarded Larry Boynton a new trial against Kennecott Utah Copper in a lawsuit that has dragged on for nearly a decade and helped define businesses' obligations not just to workers but ...
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Building Kennecott's monster dump trucks, one piece at a time
SALT LAKE COUNTY — They are some of the largest vehicles on Earth and they can be found right in Utah ... Kennecott has now assembled 59 of what will be a fleet of 72 trucks at the Bingham ...
Rio Tinto Continues to Review Options for Kennecott Copper Mine -- Commodity Comment
Rio Tinto, the world's No. 2 mining company by market value, on Thursday reported a drop in iron-ore production and shipments from its Australian mines. Fourth-quarter and full-year output and exports ...