4,388 likes, 161 comments - sltrib on July 5, 2024: "More than 80% of the toxic chemicals released in Utah in 2022 came from a mining company, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Kennecott Utah Copper’s Bingham Canyon Mine and the associated smelter. The Rio Tinto-owned mine produces copper used in electric motors and power lines, tellurium for solar panels and, in smaller quantities, such other precious metals as gold and silver.
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