Facts About Our Operation
- Kennecott's Bingham Canyon Mine has produced more copper than any mine in history -- about 18.1 million tons.
- The mine is 2¾ miles across at the top and ¾ of a mile deep. You could stack two Sears Towers on top of each other and still not reach the top of the mine.
- The mine is so big, it can be seen by the space shuttle astronauts as they pass over the United States.
- By 2015, the mine will be at least 500 feet deeper than it is now.
- If you stretched out all the roads in the open pit mine, you'd have 500 miles of roadway -- enough to reach from Salt Lake City to Denver.
- Rio Tinto in the Salt Lake Valley fact sheet
- Educator Tour Guide Booklet
- Learn about Kennecott's economic impact
-
Operation Fact Sheets:
Mining
Concentrating
Smelting
Refining
Tailings
- Molybdenum Autoclave Process
Molybdenum Autoclave Process Information Brief - July 2010
Molybdenum Autoclave Process Combined Heat and Power Information Brief - July 2010
© 2010 Rio Tinto - All rights reserved. | Site map