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Utah’s massive open-pit copper mine wants to expand. Here’s a look inside.

The Bingham Canyon Mine won't get any deeper, but it might get wider than the current 2.5-mile span of the giant hole Rio ...
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Mako Mining: Operating One Of The World's Highest Grade Open-Pit Mines

Mako Mining operates the San Albino Mine in Nicaragua, one of the highest-grade open-pit mines in the world. More precisely, milled grade in Q1 '25 averaged 7.1 g/t. Free cash flows from San Albino ...
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Gold rush could bring open pit mines to Black Hills in South Dakota, but extraction could forever change region

A gold rush brought settlers to South Dakota's Black Hills roughly 150 years ago, chasing the dream of wealth and displacing Native Americans in the process. Now, a new crop of miners driven by gold ...