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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 12:23 PM Apr 2013

Inside 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 world’s.
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 OP
The earth trying to heal its self liberal N proud Apr 2013 #1
I hear ya. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #3
It's already affecting the Utah economy. Common Sense Party Apr 2013 #2
That is a huge freaking lsndslide. marble falls Apr 2013 #4
plus it covers up the area of future mining dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #5
Big pit, too. marble falls Apr 2013 #6

Common Sense Party

(14,139 posts)
2. It's already affecting the Utah economy.
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 12:39 PM
Apr 2013

Lots of contractors that work in the mine have had to lay off workers this week.

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