Mine · Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Bingham Canyon Mine
Bingham Canyon Mine is a mine in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, owned by Rio Tinto Group.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Salt Lake County | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (active) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Commodities | copper, gold (mainly copper) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Rio Tinto Group (controls the operator) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Employees | 1,058 people (annual average, in 2025) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Mine type | Surface | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 40.5606, -112.0911 | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this mine and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its permits, resources and offtake, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchHow its owner compares
Rio Tinto Group owns 4 of the 2,675 mines in the United States in our data with a named owner; 99 owners have more. Counts cover the mines in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.
| Owner in United States | Rank | Mines | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc | 1st | 56 | 2.1% |
| Sev.en Global Investments a.s. | 2nd | 50 | 1.9% |
| Rosebud Mining Company | 3rd | 40 | 1.5% |
| Martin Marietta Materials Inc | 4th | 29 | 1.1% |
| Metinvest B V | 4th | 29 | 1.1% |
| Rio Tinto Group | 100th | 4 | 0.15% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this mine: 2,087 water rights, 16 data centers (1 operating, 133 MW), 2 AI supercomputers and 1 power plant (1,247 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bingham Creek water right 59-42 | Water right | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Bingham Creek water right 59-2 | Water right | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Bingham Creek water right 59-1132 | Water right | — | — | 0.6 km |
| eBay | Data center | — | — | 3.7 km |
| Flexential Salt Lake City - South Valley | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Verizon | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Recursion BioHive-1 | AI supercomputer | 101 H100e | Operating | 28 km |
| Recursion BioHive-2 | AI supercomputer | 504 H100e | Operating | 28 km |
| Lake Side Power Plant | Power plant | 1,247 MW | Operating | 38 km |
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Data on this page
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Utah Division of Water Rights points of diversion. Utah Division of Water Rights points of diversion, Restricted.