Once a thriving and lucrative copper mine, it was closed in the 1930s ... but also a difficult one. Alaska is remote, Kennecott even more so. It's hours by plane, then hours by car.

Liberty Falls is operated by a concession for the Alaska Department of Natural ... in 1909 as a railway to support the ...

risen to general manager of Kennecott’s Alaska mines five years later, and moved into the presidency in 1933. Under him, Kennecott, biggest copper producer in the U.S., boosted sales from $50 ...

Pete had built a humble little cabin above Kennecott*, an old abandoned copper mine about five miles from ... imagined that happening in this part of Alaska. “Being open minded and adventurous ...

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At more than 120 years old, the mine has produced more copper than any other on the planet. "The history of Kennecott is what keeps me here. I just am absolutely enamored with it. Twenty-five ...

Walker added he believes there are additional copper deposits underground at the Kennecott Copper Mine and developing the north rim skarn will be a gateway to accessing more of them. Copper ...

Rio Tinto aims to strengthen its supply of copper in the US by increasing ... with work that is being advanced to extend openpit mining at Kennecott beyond 2032. The first stope of the lower ...

COPPERTON, Utah — Utah's famous copper mine is bringing back its underground mining operation, which ended more than 100 years ago when it shifted to an open-pit method. Rio Tinto's Kennecott ...

PREVIOUS REPORTS: Rio Tinto-Kennecott Mine Kennecott copper mining company to produce rare mineral $1.5 billion investment to help continue production at Kennecott copper until 2032 Rio Tinto ...