Kennecott Utah Copper

Bingham Canyon in 1942

Kennecott Utah Copper LLC (KUC), a division of Rio Tinto Group, is a mining, smelting, and refining company. Its corporate headquarters are located in South Jordan, Utah. Kennecott operates the Bingham Canyon Mine, one of the largest open-pit copper mines in the world in Bingham Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah. The company was first formed in 1898 as the Boston Consolidated Mining Company. The current corporation was formed in 1989. The mine and associated smelter produce 1% of the world's copper.[1]

  1. ^ Romboy, Dennis. "Kennecott landslide impacts global copper industry, Utah economy". DeseretNews.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2016-02-14.