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Bingham/Magna Ditch Soils Investigation:
Kennecott Utah Copper LLCBackground What is the Bingham-Magna Ditch? In 1930 the Utah Copper Company, a predecessor of Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation (Kennecott), constructed a ditch to transport waste water from copper extraction facilities in the Bingham Mine area to the tailings pond and mining mills northwest of Magna. The canal was abandoned and filled in by the…
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Kennecott Utah Copper LLC
The operational and environmental cleanup activities at Kennecott Utah Copper LLC’s (Kennecott) Bingham Canyon Mine, Copperton Concentrator, Smelter, Refinery, Tailings Facility and the various ancillary facilities are regulated under a number of federal and State programs with authority to oversee the work pursued by Kennecott and other third parties. The federal and State agencies draw…