The Bingham Canyon mine is located near Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. It is owned by Rio Tinto plc through Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation which operates the mine, a concentrator and a smelter. Many locals simply call it the “Copper Pit”. At over 0.75 miles deep, 2.5 miles wide, and covering 1,900 acres, the hole is the world’s largest man-made excavation.
This is one of the most up-to-date integrated copper operations in the world, employing 1,400 people.
Rio Tinto committed US$170 million to the East 1 pushback project, which will extend the life of the open pit at Bingham Canyon until 2013. Various open-pit and underground alternatives will also be considered in relation to development of the mine after that. Bingham Canyon mine began producing copper in 1906.
Bingham Canyon supplies more than ten per cent of United States refined copper requirements and is the third largest copper producer in the US. Substantial amounts of gold, silver and molybdenum are produced as by…
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