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Kennecott expands Utah Copper Div. to meet challenge of increased copper demand

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Kennecott’s Utah Copper Div. expansion program incorporates many major method changes, several significant technological improvements, and more complex flowsheets. It represents a determined effort to meet the challenge of increased copper demand and the ever-present problems of maintaining competitive costs in producing copper from low-grade ore.

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  1. Utah Copper Div., Kennecott Copper Corp., South Jordan, Utah, USA

    Wayne H. Burt (General supt. of smelting and refining)

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Burt, W.H. Kennecott expands Utah Copper Div. to meet challenge of increased copper demand. JOM 18, 819–823 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03378471

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