Asset Report
Bingham Canyon copper mine
Report summary
The Bingham Canyon porphyry copper deposit has been mined since 1906 and is now one of the largest open pits world-wide. Wood Mackenzie’s asset reports are built from the bottom up, incorporating a number of granular data metrics to ultimately produce our industry standard cash operating costs. This report contains a detailed asset note giving you a holistic view of the asset, including an operational overview through to a timeline of events from inception to now. This qualitative analysis is supplemented by the associated Excel download which enables interrogation of a whole series of cost and production metrics over the life of the asset.
Table of contents
- Summary
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Key Issues
- Emissions
- Mining
- Process
- Garfield Smelter
- Molybdenum Autoclave Project (MAP)
- Tellurium Extraction
Tables and charts
This report includes 2 images and tables including:
- Bingham Canyon Emission Intensity Quartile Ranking - total global production - tonnes Cu equivalent
- Detailed map
What's included
This report contains: