Bingham Canyon Mine - The Hole Of Oquirrh Mountains

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3OuNKl7fvbNvv8SV2FZcb7kLKSKVQ8n_FAdhDkck31EzLhahdcDfNqNiWvFsRcVgVCc_953ZY7-pDk9dcbZdWKAYDkWXPcfILxHgbGrMSV9ZJFJMb0Y0pDRdlQzV5TX4upcsZ46O9Tvti/s1600/iss015e29867.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3OuNKl7fvbNvv8SV2FZcb7kLKSKVQ8n_FAdhDkck31EzLhahdcDfNqNiWvFsRcVgVCc_953ZY7-pDk9dcbZdWKAYDkWXPcfILxHgbGrMSV9ZJFJMb0Y0pDRdlQzV5TX4upcsZ46O9Tvti/s640/iss015e29867.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Bingham Canyon Mine, also known as the Kennecott Copper Mine, is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, in the Oquirrh Mountains. It is the deepest open-pit mine in the world. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRKlyJXkZg79nNMskUAM7s8SYVofa4tRAmNvuyCA0nsFLXU2UW_HiZIO_sj4Bxfz9BgMlQXY_HRBStaNaLc_50dNhxeNrsjFAhU8CqCeoD5-4Rr1DUchNADwZ2Ic0LfAK4A-Rm_Y_KRbWa/s1600/Bingham+Canyon+Mine.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRKlyJXkZg79nNMskUAM7s8SYVofa4tRAmNvuyCA0nsFLXU2UW_HiZIO_sj4Bxfz9BgMlQXY_HRBStaNaLc_50dNhxeNrsjFAhU8CqCeoD5-4Rr1DUchNADwZ2Ic0LfAK4A-Rm_Y_KRbWa/s640/Bingham+Canyon+Mine.png" width="640"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The mine is owned by Rio Tinto Group, an international mining and exploration company headquartered in the United Kingdom. The copper operations at Bingham Canyon Mine are managed through Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation which operates the mine, a concentrator plant, a smelter, and a refinery. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/09/bingham-canyon-mine-hole-of-oquirrh.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Bingham Canyon Mine - The Hole Of Oquirrh Mountains

The Bingham Canyon Mine, also known as the Kennecott Copper Mine, is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit...

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