Show Copper Plans PIm's Details of or a multimillion dollar doUar range long-range expansion program to restore annual copper production from the giant Bingham Canyon mineor mine of or the Utah Copper Division of Copper Corporation Corpora Corpora- tion to tonnages mined a decade decade dec dec- ade ago were made known knO re re- re- re THE TILE lP COl COMPANY ANY said it is expanding the capacity of or its ore production and processing facilities to offset the steadily declining grade of copper ore mined at nearby Bingham during recent years jears J J. J P. P OKeefe general manager manager man man- ager for Utah operations operations operations op op- op- op said copper production tion lion would be boosted to tons monthly or to about the same average monthly production production production pro pro- levels of oC ten years Jears ago He said the grade of or ore mined at Bingham could be expected to decrease further The average ton of or ore now mined at Utah operations operations op op- contains about 15 pounds of copper In 1952 it contained approximately 19 pounds of or copper TILE THE INCREASED production production production tion will be accomplished gK cre said by stepping up our ore production from 90 tons daily to tons and by increasing the divisions division's divisions division's divisions division's divi divi- sion's copper precipitate production production production pro pro- from 1800 tons of copper copper copper cop cop- per monthly to tons I currently employs I approximately persons in I its Utah operations Under the announced expansion e. no increase increase in in- crease in the permanent work workforce workforce workforce force of oC is contemplated contemplated plated although several hundred hundred hun hun- dred Bred additional workers willbe will willbe willbe be employed by private con tractors during the various stages of or construction over the next four years PHASE FIRST e expansion 1 activity activity activity ac ac- ac- ac will get under way this year and will be concentrated concentrated concen concen- initially in the Bingham Canyon area The complete project is scheduled to become fully operational by Jan I 1 1 1967 Planning calls for substantial expenditures and changes to be made in the Ule mine area Company officials said it would be necessary to supplement supplement supplement supple supple- ment present rail haulage facilities facilities fa fa- fa in the pit with trucks in order to handle the projected project project- ed new tonnages Trucks rather rath rath- er than trains will be used to haul material from the waste section of or the n mine e. e MAJOR l outlays are to be made for expansion of oC mine dump leaching facilities to increase in increase increase crease production of copper through this process For phase of the expansion expansion sion existing facilities will be supplemented with an entirely new precipitation plant with sufficient additional wat e r l' pumping humping systems to attain a nominal production rate of oC tons of oC copper monthly KENN COTE COIT will build a 3 anew anew new mile 9 railway spur angling angling ang ang- ling off from the existing 14 mile mine to concentrator rail rail- line to deliver ore to the new crushing and grinding plant which is to be constructed between between be be- tween the company's Arthur and Magna concentrators Changes are arc also proposed in the operations now in practice practice tice at the company's Utah smelter The so-called so hot charge or roaster calcine feed will be eliminated and furnaces furnaces fur fur- naces will be rebuilt to handle wet or green charges o of concentrates No significant modification is scheduled for the divisions division's electrolytic refinery at Garfield field |