After decades of denials, an inmate admitted Tuesday to killing his co-worker and dumping his body, though that same inmate ...

and one of the biggest sources is just west of Salt Lake City. Kennecott’s Bingham Canyon Mine had the third-most releases of ...

SALT LAKE COUNTY — They are some of the largest ... but when they drive around in the giant sandbox of Kennecott mine, they are riding in what feels like a two-story house.

Copper demand is rising in the U.S. and is set to double in the next 10 years. Mining executives say more mines need to open in order to meet the demand.

It was also ranked the No. 1 state by U.S. News & World Report — for the second year in a row — and the best place to start a ...

Even once you get past the permitting and legal blockades from environmentalists, bringing a mine to production can take 10 years or longer.

Rio Tinto plans to spend nearly $3 million on a facility to recover tellurium, a critical mineral used in solar panels, from its Kennecott mine near Salt Lake City, Utah. And First Solar said it ...

We just need to do it a little faster." Rio Tinto’s Kennecott mine, just west of Salt Lake City, is the largest open-pit mine in the world, spanning 2.5 miles across and about 4,000 feet deep.