💡La mine de BINGHAM CANYON. La mine de Bingham Canyon, située près de Salt Lake City, dans l'Utah, est l'une des plus grandes mines à ciel ouvert du monde. Elle est exploitée par la société Kennecott Utah Copper, une filiale de Rio Tinto. Elle a été exploitée depuis le milieu du 19e siècle et est surtout connue pour son exploitation de cuivre, bien qu'elle produise également de l'or, de l'argent et du molybdène. La mine de Bingham Canyon est si grande qu'elle est souvent surnommée "la fosse" en

Drone footage of a massive landslide at Bingham Canyon Mine | Mining Mayhem

University of Utah geoscientists have revisited the 2013 Bingham Canyon Landslide with a combined analysis of aerial photos, computer modeling, and seismic data to pick apart the details. The total volume of rock that fell during the slide was 52 million cubic meters, they report, enough to cover Central Park with 50 feet of rock and dirt. The slide occurred in two main phases, but researchers used infrasound recordings and seismic data to discover 11 additional landslides that occurred between

This view of the Bingham Canyon open-pit mine in Utah was taken in August of this year. This mine has operated for about 120 years, is the deepest pit in the world, the largest total producer of copper in the world, and with approximately 30 million ounces of gold mined is likely the second largest producer of gold in the United States. | Western Mining History

Drone footage of the 31 May 2021 landslide at Bingham Canyon mine