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The mine is the largest human-made excavation, and deepest open-pit mine in the world, [4] [5] which is considered to have produced more copper than any other mine in history – more than 19,000,000 short tons (17,000,000 long tons; 17,000,000 t). [5] The mine is owned by Rio Tinto Group, a British-Australian multinational corporation.
The town of Bingham, Utah, was eventually swallowed by the expanding man-made chasm, which would come to be known as "The Richest Hole on Earth" and the largest man-made excavation in the world. [4] The mine was active when Smithson submitted his reclamation design and it remains so today. [5] Bingham Canyon Mine as it appeared in 2005.
Chuquicamata (/ tʃ uː k iː k ə ˈ m ɑː t ə / choo-kee-kə-MAH-tə; referred to as Chuqui for short) is the largest open pit copper mine in terms of excavated volume in the world. [citation needed] It is located in the north of Chile, just outside Calama, at 2,850 m (9,350 ft) above sea level.
Today, the second-largest copper producer in the US, Kennecott Utah Copper provides about 8% of the US annual copper consumption of 1,700,000 tonnes. [6] [7] Kennecott’s Bingham Canyon Mine is the largest man-made excavation in the world. [8]
Berkeley Pit – former copper mine in Butte, Montana; now the largest and most expensive Superfund site in history; Bingham Canyon Mine – copper mine in Salt Lake County, Utah; largest man-made excavation on Earth; more commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine; Chino Mine – copper mine in Grant County, New Mexico
It already owns one of the world's biggest copper mines at Bingham Canyon in Utah, but with operations there sidelined as a result of a massive wall collapse earlier this year, Rio Tinto is ...
Austria Duvaz Morococha copper mine [3] Cerro Corona mine; Cerro Verde Copper-Molybdenum Mine [4] Cobriza mine; Constancia mine [5] La Granja mine; Las Bambas copper mine; Quellaveco mine [6] Tia Maria mine [7] Tintaya mine; Toquepala mine [8] Toromocho mine [9]
In this article, we discuss the 15 biggest copper companies in the world. To skip the industry analysis, you can go directly to the 5 Biggest Copper Companies in the World. Copper is the third ...