Drone video footage The Bingham Canyon Mine, more commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine among locals, is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, in the Oquirrh Mountains. The mine is the largest man-made excavation in the world and is considered to have produced more copper than any other mine in history – more than 19 million tons. The mine has been in production since 1906, and has resulted in the creation of a pit over 0.6 m

128K views · 1K reactions | BRING THE KIDS: The Bingham Canyon Copper Mine is open for public tours for the first time since 2013's massive landslide. Kennecott's Kyle Bennett explains what you'll see on the tour. DETAILS: https://kutv.com/news/local/bingham-canyon-copper-mine-open-for-tours-for-first-time-since-massive-2013-landslide | KUTV 2News | Facebook

Owned by Rio Tinto, the Bingham Canyon open pit mine is the largest man-made excavation on Earth. #riotinto #mining #miningindustry | MERA GROUP