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Did you know that the Bingham Canyon Mine is the largest man-made excavation on Earth?
Located in Salt Lake Valley in Utah, this copper mine is more than 2.5 mi (4 km) wide and 0.75 mi (1.2 km) deep! It's no wonder that it's often called the 'Mountain of Copper'.
It is estimated that the copper operations in the Bingham Mine account for about 18% of the USA's copper! The Rio Tinto Copper Production company uses open-pit mining methods to excavate around 300,000 ton (272,000 met ton) of copper every year! To learn more about this fascinating mine and how copper processing takes place here, read on!
The Bingham Canyon Mine is in Utah, about 18 mi (29 km) southwest of Salt Lake City in the United States.
The mining site was first discovered by two brothers named Thomas and Sanford Bingham, who were ranchers grazing their livestock 18 mi (30 km) southwest of Salt Lake City in Utah.
Bingham Canyon Mine operates under the open-pit method with a series of benches to conduct the operations. Operations include drilling, blasting, and hauling ore to mills for processing where it undergoes crushing, grinding, and flotation before being smelted at Kennecott’s refinery in Magna Utah.
In terms of air quality, emissions from the smelter have contained arsenic, lead, cadmium, and other heavy metals which are known carcinogens.
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At Kidadl we pride ourselves on offering families original ideas to make the most of time spent together at home or out and about, wherever you are in the world. We strive to recommend the very best things that are suggested by our community and are things we would do ourselves - our aim is to be the trusted friend to parents.
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Kidadl provides inspiration to entertain and educate your children. We recognise that not all activities and ideas are appropriate and suitable for all children and families or in all circumstances. Our recommended activities are based on age but these are a guide. We recommend that these ideas are used as inspiration, that ideas are undertaken with appropriate adult supervision, and that each adult uses their own discretion and knowledge of their children to consider the safety and suitability.
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