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The mining never stops, but Kennecott’s massive open pit grows — slowly
The trucks crawl along at 10 to 15 mph, carrying basketball-size rocks to a 3.5-mile conveyor, which takes them out of the massive hole that is Kennecott ... of satellite photos of the mine ...
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Building Kennecott's monster dump trucks, one piece at a time
The view from inside one of the giant dump trucks is impressive. Workers feel like they are in a cab like in a regular truck, but when they drive around in the giant sandbox of Kennecott mine ...
Kennecott’s Bingham Canyon Mine isn’t just one of Utah’s biggest sources of toxic waste. It’s among the top in the country.
Metal mines handle and dispose of some of the largest quantities of toxic chemicals in the country, and one of the biggest ...