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Kennecott Utah Copper, the mine's operator since 1903 and owner of some 40,000 developable acres in the western valley, has passed its golden age, when the pit was bottomless and facilities could pump and dump waste with abandon. Times have changed. A pound of copper sells for about...
While new housing generally doesn't warrant more than a fleeting stomach knot over the sacrifice of yet another field to the demon sprawl, the Sunrise project, as Kennecott has dubbed the 40,000-person development, will stand at the unlikely intersection of the latest in urban planning and new...
But who ever heard of a mining company turned real estate mogul? "Mining is not welcome in the U.S.," says John Gross, publisher of the Copper Journal. "That's a fact of life." Environmental rules and the high cost of operating in the U.S. have pushed miners to less developed...
That Kennecott can moonlight as a land developer is an extreme example of how new pressures affect the mining business. While analysts uniformly laud Rio Tinto as the standard-bearer for industry responsibility, that's not a standard others agree with. "The corporate poster child for environmental and social abuses...
But Ha Long Bay (the name means "where the dragon descends into the sea") is vast, and once on the waves, it's possible to leave the pollution behind. For a few dollars you can hire a boat with crew from Cat Ba Island (see Hot Spot ) for a day...