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Related: About this forumInside a mile-deep open-pit copper mine in Utah, after a catastrophic landslide (pic)
I have idly wondered why deep mining does not produce more landslides.
Also, the article is good.
http://boingboing.net/2013/04/22/inside-a-mile-deep-open-pit-co.html
edited to add this paragraph:
the landslide has shut Bingham Canyon down for an as-yet undetermined length of time.
Much more significant because Bingham Canyon is not just another copper mine.
Physically, it is the largest in the world, and it is among the most productive.
Each year it supplies about 17 percent of U.S. copper consumption and 1 percent of the worlds.
When a cog that big loses its teeth, the whole global economic machine goes clunk.
Much more significant because Bingham Canyon is not just another copper mine.
Physically, it is the largest in the world, and it is among the most productive.
Each year it supplies about 17 percent of U.S. copper consumption and 1 percent of the worlds.
When a cog that big loses its teeth, the whole global economic machine goes clunk.
copper prices have taken a dive this week. AFTER the slide...I would expect the price to go up, actually.
In a normal market, that is.
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Inside a mile-deep open-pit copper mine in Utah, after a catastrophic landslide (pic) (Original Post)
dixiegrrrrl
Apr 2013
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liberal N proud
(60,298 posts)1. The earth trying to heal its self
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)3. I hear ya.
Common Sense Party
(14,139 posts)2. It's already affecting the Utah economy.
Lots of contractors that work in the mine have had to lay off workers this week.
marble falls
(56,358 posts)4. That is a huge freaking lsndslide.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)5. plus it covers up the area of future mining
that WAS to have kept a lot of folks employed.
marble falls
(56,358 posts)6. Big pit, too.