(KUTV) — Production at Kennecott Copper Mine on the southwest side of the Salt Lake Valley will continue for at least another decade. Rio Tinto invested $1.5 billion, which will extend operations ...

BINGHAM CANYON, Utah — For the first time in six years, the public can get an up-close look at the Rio Tinto Kennecott Bingham Canyon Mine. It comes after a massive landslide closed the visitors ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto has approved construction of a new 25-megawatt solar plant at its Kennecott copper operation in Utah, bringing the mine’s total solar capacity to 30MW.

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After two public hearings and an extended comment period, the Utah Air Quality Board has approved emissions increases for long-term mining at Kennecott Utah Copper’s Bingham Canyon mine. During the ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. said Wednesday it no longer needs federal authorization for a nickel and copper mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the way is clear to begin ...

Metals and mining corporation Rio Tinto (RIO) has announced that it will invest $108 million to study the possibility of underground mining at Kennecott copper operations in the United States. The ...

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto will begin construction on a new plant that will recover tellurium, a critical mineral used in solar panels, from copper refining at its Kennecott mine near ...

BIG BAY -- At his camp on the northern edge of the Yellow Dog Plains in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Rico Torreano can hear tapping woodpeckers, a gurgling spring and even the occasional wolf howl.More ...

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