Kennecott Copper Corporation

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Kennecott Copper Corporation was a major American mining company best known for its large-scale copper operations in the United States and abroad during the 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American company ⓘ
mining company ⓘ
acquired Braden Copper Company ⓘ
Nevada Consolidated Copper Company ⓘ
Ray Consolidated Copper Company ⓘ
Utah Copper Company ⓘ
acquiredBy BP (via Standard Oil of New Jersey / Exxon interests, historically associated) ⓘ
linked to: Exxon

Rio Tinto Group (for major former operations such as Bingham Canyon) ⓘ
Standard Oil of New Jersey ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved late 20th century ⓘ
foundedBy Stephen Birch ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
United States ⓘ
historicalSignificance major contributor to U.S. industrial and wartime copper supply ⓘ
one of the largest copper producers in the world in the mid-20th century ⓘ
inception 1906 ⓘ
industry copper mining ⓘ
refining ⓘ
smelting ⓘ
knownFor Bingham Canyon open-pit mine ⓘ
linked to: Bingham Canyon Mine

large-scale open-pit copper mining ⓘ
majorShareholder Guggenheim family ⓘ
J. P. Morgan & Co. ⓘ
linked to: J. P. Morgan
notableWork Kennecott Mines, Alaska ⓘ
operatedInCountry Alaska ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
United States ⓘ
operatedInState Arizona ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
operatedMine Bingham Canyon Mine ⓘ
Chino Mine ⓘ
linked to: Chino Mine complex

Kennecott Mines ⓘ
Ray Mine ⓘ
Utah Copper operations ⓘ
parentCompany Standard Oil of New Jersey ⓘ
peakPeriod 20th century ⓘ
product copper ⓘ
gold ⓘ
molybdenum ⓘ
silver ⓘ
successor Kennecott Corporation ⓘ
Kennecott Utah Copper LLC ⓘ

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El Teniente mine → laterOwnedBy → Kennecott Copper Corporation ⓘ
Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark → namedAfter → Kennecott Copper Corporation ⓘ
Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark → developedBy → Kennecott Copper Corporation ⓘ
Magna, Utah → locatedNear → Kennecott Copper operations (Oquirrh foothills) ⓘ
linked to: Kennecott Copper Corporation
McGill, Nevada → associatedWithCompany → Kennecott Copper Corporation ⓘ
Oquirrh Mountains → contains → Kennecott Copper operations ⓘ
linked to: Kennecott Copper Corporation
Kennecott Copper Corporation → successor → Kennecott Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Kennecott Copper Corporation
Kennecott Copper Corporation → successor → Kennecott Utah Copper LLC ⓘ
linked to: Kennecott Copper Corporation
Kennecott Copper Corporation → acquiredBy → Rio Tinto Group (for major former operations such as Bingham Canyon) ⓘ
linked to: Kennecott Copper Corporation
Kennecott mining district → namedAfter → Kennecott Copper Corporation ⓘ
Kennecott mining district → developedBy → Kennecott Copper Corporation ⓘ
Kennecott Mill Building → associatedWith → Kennecott Copper Corporation ⓘ
Alaska Syndicate → owned → Kennecott Copper Company ⓘ
linked to: Kennecott Copper Corporation
Alaska Syndicate → successor → Kennecott Copper Corporation ⓘ
Copper River and Northwestern Railway → owner → Kennecott Copper Corporation ⓘ
Copper River and Northwestern Railway → builtFor → Kennecott Copper Corporation ⓘ
Kennicott → developedBy → Kennecott Copper Corporation ⓘ
Bingham Canyon Mine → operatedBy → Kennecott Utah Copper ⓘ
linked to: Kennecott Copper Corporation
Bingham Canyon Mine → partOf → Kennecott Copper operations ⓘ
linked to: Kennecott Copper Corporation