Kennecott Outside / Rio Tinto / Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation / Kennecott Land Company / ARCO Large / RTZ Corporation / Atlantic Richfield Company / Utah Copper / Kennecott Copper / /
Country
United States / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Product Issues / Reorganization / M&A / Person Communication and Meetings / Man-Made Disaster / Employment Change / Labor Issues / /
Facility
Bingham Canyon mine / /
IndustryTerm
present mining activities / wide-spread mining wastes / environmental audit / real estate opportunities / Metal ore / last remaining mining / consensual solution / metal / open-pit mining / internal audits / regulatory tool / historic mining area / potent tool / decision-making protocols / arsenic-contaminated mining wastes / waste management / mining / energy efficiency / generic quality assurance protocols / community developer / /
NaturalFeature
Oquirrh Mountains / Jordan Valley / Bingham Creek / Salt Lake Valley / Bingham Canyon / /
Organization
International Standards Organization / Utah’s Department of Environmental Quality / National Science Foundation / Potential Responsible Party / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / United States government / Utah Department of Natural Resources / federal government / UN Court / Environmental Protection Agency / /
Person
Bingham Creek Tailings / /
Position
guard / head of the Salt Lake City Olympic bid committee / consultant / Deputy Regional Administrator / Remedial Project Manager / Inspector General / CEO / UDEQ Project Manager / judge / outside consultant / /
Product
lands / surface water / soils / mining wastes / landscapes / sludge / ground water / land holdings / waste laws / /
ProvinceOrState
Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District / Oregon / Utah / District of Columbia / Salt Lake County / /
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