Over its life, Bingham Canyon has proven to be one of the world’s most productive mines. As of 2004, ore from the source has yielded more than 17 million tons (15.4 Mt) of copper, 23 million ounces (715 t) of gold, 190 million ounces (5,900 t) of silver, and 850 million pounds (386 kt) of molybdenum. The gold and silver are impurities impassive from the copper during refining. The cost of the means extracted from the Bingham Canyon Mine is bigger than the Comstock Lode, Klondike, and California gold charge mining regions combined. Cumulatively, Bingham Canyon has created more copper than any other supply in the USA, and is the trice in the world after Chuquicamata[4][5] in Chile. Mines in Chile, Indonesia, Arizona, and New Mexico now exceed Bingham Canyon’s yearly production esteem. High molybdenum prices in 2005 made the molybdenum formed at Bingham Canyon in that year worth even more than the copper. The value of metals produced in 2006 at Bingham Canyon was US$1.8 billion dollars. 😀
