Rio Tinto starts off downsizing at its Utah mine
Mining giant Rio Tinto (ASX, LON: RIO) has cut nearly 100 jobs at its Kennecott Utah copper mine and warned further positions will be slashed later this …
Mining giant Rio Tinto (ASX, LON: RIO) has cut nearly 100 jobs at its Kennecott Utah copper mine and warned further positions will be slashed later this …
Rio Tinto has revealed an investment of $918m in its Kennecott copper mine near Salt Lake City, Utah, US to bolster copper supply in the country. The company aims to increase the copper supply by ramping up production from underground mining as well as enhancing the health of key assets.
SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rio Tinto will replace its entire fossil diesel consumption with renewable diesel at its Kennecott copper operation in Utah from 2024. Kennecott's fleet of 90 haul trucks and all heavy machinery will begin to transition to renewable diesel in the first quarter of 2024, along with consumption from the ...
SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rio Tinto and unions representing approximately 1,300 employees at the Kennecott copper operation near Salt Lake City, Utah, have reached a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. ... This agreement, effective 1 April 2022, delivers fair and competitive wages and enhanced benefits for all …
Rio Tinto employees walk past a battery-operated underground mining load haul dump loader at the Kennecott Copper Mine near Herriman on Tuesday. Rio Tinto announced it will resume underground ...
Rio Tinto and unions representing approximately 1,300 employees at the Kennecott copper operation near Salt Lake City, Utah, have reached a new Collective …
MONTREAL, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rio Tinto's Kennecott site in the US is the first producer to be awarded the Copper Mark, the copper industry's new independently assessed responsible production programme. The Kennecott operation in Utah has demonstrated it meets over 30 criteria for responsible environmental, social …
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Rio Tinto has completed construction on a new 5-megawatt solar power plant at its Kennecott copper operation in Utah. The 12,800 solar panel …
Manager, Process Laboratory at Rio Tinto Kennecott Copper · • I have 10+ years of supervising and management experience in a variety of industries. My early leadership experience increased ...
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) – A labor agreement has been reached between Rio Tinto and Kennecott Utah Copper employees. Rio Tinto says the new agreement was voted …
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) – A labor agreement has been reached between Rio Tinto and Kennecott Utah Copper employees. Rio Tinto says the new agreement was voted through by union members on Thursday. The five-year agreement will affect around 1,300 employees. Going into effect on April 1, 2022, the new contract aims to deliver "fair […]
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The Kennecott Copper Mine has been a fixture of the Salt Lake Valley for over 100 years and on Tuesday, the mine announced it will be moving mining operations underground in its next step to extract copper. Rio Tinto will be investing $55 million in a section of its underground copper deposit known as the lower commercial skarns.
About Rio Tinto Kennecott. Kennecott marked its 120th year in 2023 since operations began. From 1903 to today, Kennecott's copper has helped to power Utah, and it continues to provide the materials the world needs. The Kennecott mine, an iconic landmark in the Salt Lake Valley, became a part of the Rio Tinto group in 1989. ...
It was not until 1936 that Kennecott fully acquired Utah Copper. The legacy of Kennecott, then, is not of a mining company born in Bingham Canyon, Utah, but rather that of a large investment conglomerate, several copper mines thousands of miles apart, and countless numbers of hands transforming a mountain into the largest open pit mine in the ...
SALT LAKE CITY-- (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rio Tinto and unions representing approximately 1,300 employees at the Kennecott copper operation near Salt Lake City, …
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rio Tinto has approved a $55 million [1] investment in development capital to start underground mining and expand production at its Kennecott copper operations in Utah, United States. Underground mining will initially focus on an area known as the Lower Commercial Skarn (LCS), which will deliver a total …
Rio Tinto (ASX, LON:RIO), the second largest mining company, declared force majeure last Friday on shipments of refined copper from its Kennecott unit in the …
Come and see for yourself at Rio Tinto Kennecott Visitor Experience at the Bingham Canyon Mine. Founded in 1903, Kennecott's Bingham Canyon Mine is one of the top performing mines in the world and has provided more wealth for the state of Utah than any other company. The mine operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The complex operates on Rio Tinto's privately owned land of 95,000 acres and hosts one of the most advanced copper and precious metals smelters in the world. It processes concentrate from Kennecott and third parties, and is one of only three smelters in the United States. That smelter has produced 8,000 tons of recycled copper since 2008.
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Rio Tinto Kennecott Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves . Rio Tinto has today announcedapproval of a $55 million. 1. investment in development capital to start underground mining and expand production at its Kennecott copper operations in Utah, United States, initially focusing on an area known as the Lower Commercial Skarn (LCS).
Rio Tinto | Kennecott Utah Copper The Partnership Kennecott Utah Copper has a long history of supporting civic causes through relationships that enhance our sustainable development efforts while benefiting partnering organizations with similar goals. In 2008, Kennecott announced a $15 million donation to support the construction of
About Rio Tinto Kennecott. Rio Tinto Kennecott is a fully integrated mining operation just outside Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., and a fully owned unit of Rio Tinto. For more than 110 years, Kennecott has been mining and processing minerals from the rich ore body of the Bingham Canyon Mine.
The mining giant said in a press release that the reduction includes 66 current employees and 175 contractors from Kennecott Utah Copper, Kennecott Land, Kennecott Exploration and Rio Tinto ...
Rio Tinto Kennecott is laying off 200 employees or about 10 percent of its Utah workforce due to falling prices for metals like copper.
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 Salt Lake City, Utah. Rio Tinto is investing $2.9 million to set up the plant, which will recover tellurium as a byproduct of copper smelting ...
Rio Tinto will reduce the annual carbon footprint associated with its Kennecott Utah Copper operation by as much as 65 per cent through purchasing renewable energy certificates and permanently shutting its coal power plant. ... The Governor of Utah Gary Herbert said "Rio Tinto's decision to retire their power plant is a win-win for our ...