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Rio Tinto copper mine in Utah evacuated after slide

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 11, 2013

Rio Tinto's Kennecott Utah Copper unit, located in the Bingham Canyon operation, in southwest Salt Lake County, has been producing copper and other minerals since 1906. Bingham Canyon is one of the worlds largest existing open-pit mining operations. It produced about 163,000 metric tons of refined metal in 2012 plus 279,000 ounces of gold and 9,400 tons of molybdenum. Yesterday the miner said it had been closely monitoring ground movement at the mine in anticipation of a slide and had taken steps to reduce the possible affect on production by relocating buildings, roads and heavy machinery.

Colapso open pit Colapso a cu aberto Rio Tinto mina de cobre em Utah evacuada aps slide Cecilia Jamasmie | 11 abr 2013 "Kennecott Rio Tinto unidade Utah Copper, localizado na operao Canyon Bingham, no sudoeste de Salt Lake County, tem vindo a produzir cobre e outros minerais desde 1906. Bingham Canyon uma das maiores operaes de minerao a cu aberto existentes no mundo. Produziu cerca de 163.000 toneladas de metal refinado em 2012, mais 279 mil onas de ouro e 9.400 toneladas de molibdnio. Ontem, o mineiro disse que tinha sido de perto movimento de terra na mina de monitoramento em antecipao de um slide e tomou medidas para reduzir o possvel efeito sobre a produo realocando edifcios, estradas e mquinas pesadas. "