In Alaska, 195 mi. up the winding Copper River Valley, is Kennecott, a raw mining town sprawled on the edge of what was once the richest copper mine in North America. Alexander Baranof, first ...

Wrangell St Elias is the largest and one of the most remote National Parks in America. It’s so large that you can fit si ...

Rio Tinto Kennecott is loaning $5 million to Milford Mining Company to support the resumption of the mine's operations and ...

A long-dormant copper mine in Beaver County, Utah resumed operations earlier this year under new ownership. It was closed in ...

After more than 100 years, Rio Tinto announced Tuesday that the Kennecott Copper Mines will resume underground mining. The company has approved a $55 million investment in development capital to ...

Rio Tinto Plc says it has a “strong desire” to invest in US copper mining following President Donald Trump’s plans to levy ...

Utah jumped to second in a federal database of states’ total toxic chemical releases – a rise mostly attributable to the Bingham Canyon Mine, according to the EPA.

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.

One of two existing copper smelters is at Kennecott. The mine operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year with 2,500 employees. Kenecott has a brand new Visitor's Experience where a shuttle will take ...