A southern Utah copper mine has restarted operations in an arrangement with Rio Tinto Kennecott, hiring workers as it expands ...

The Bingham Canyon Mine disposed of or released 132.4 million pounds of substances tracked through the TRI program. That was around 72% of the total releases in Utah.

Utah has the fourth most toxic chemical releases of any state in the nation, according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency data from 2022. About 80% of those releases come from the same place.

Production of copper and other metals will continue at Utah’s Bingham Canyon Mine through at least 2032 under a $1.5 billion investment announced Tuesday by mine owner Rio Tinto.. The investment ...

Bingham Canyon Mine Owner: Rio Tinto Type of Mine: Copper Location: Utah, United States of America Built: 1904 Visible from outer space and also known as Copper $ 5.098 / lb -0.52% Brent Crude Oil ...

LONDON, April 11 (Reuters) - Mining group Rio Tinto said on Thursday that it had suspended work at its Bingham Canyon mine near Salt Lake City, Utah, after a land slide late on Wednesday. The ...

Bingham Canyon Mine is the largest man-made excavation in the world. It has been in production since 1906, and features a pit almost one kilometre deep and 4km wide.

Workers mine at Utah Copper Company's Bingham Canyon Mine on July 18, 1907. (Photo: Utah Division of State History) It became the first open pit copper mine in the world a year later.

BINGHAM CANYON MINE, Utah – Kennecott Utah Copper is trying to get back to business as usual after a massive landslide at the Bingham Canyon Mine on Wednesday night. Thanks to technology ...