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Kennecott Utah Copper Corp.

is in the Manufacturing Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$750.0M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Next time you flick on a light switch, watch television, drive your car, or use your toaster, think about copper. Copper is used in everything from plumbing and wiring to roofing ... from heavy machinery to portable CD players ... from coins to blue fireworks. As the second largest copper producer in the United States, Kennecott Utah Copper produces over 17% of America's copper output. The computer you're sitting in front of right now contains copper wire, it may have come from Kennecott. That copper comes from the Bingham Canyon Mine, the worlds first and largest open pit copper mine, located about 28 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah. Every year, Kennecott produces about 300,000 tons of copper cathode-- along with 400,000 ounces of gold, 4 million ounces of silver, about 24 million pounds of molybdenum, and about 1 million tons of sulfuric acid, a by-product of the smelting process, which is used in farming and industry. We sell our products to a broad base of copper fabricators and major bullion dealers throughout the United States. Eventually, some of this copper may find its way into the coins in your pocket ... your telephone, fax machine, or refrigerator ... the cooking utensils in your kitchen ... and the appliances you rely on.

Number of Employees 1,700
Contact Information

8362 W 10200 S

Bingham Canyon, Utah 84006-0351

www.kennecott.c...

(801) 569-6700

NAICS Code Primary Smelting and Refining of Copper: 331411

Recent Events

  • Kennecott Copper appoints new CEO

    10/30/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - CEO - View Story

News & Analysis

kennecott utah copper corp. and rio tinto - All News and Analysis

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Bruce Farmer CEO
James Cowley Vice President Marketing and Sales
Marcelle Shoop Director of Sustainable Development
Crystal Halladay Manager, Precious Metals & Sulfuric Acid Sales
Frank Klobchar Manager Health and Safety
Chantae Lessard Senior Adviser Community Outreach
Craig Cook Jr Financial Analyst
Cynthia Skousen Account Executive Sulfuric Acid Sales
Diana Wood Senior Sales Account Executive Molybdenum
Gina Crezee Principal Adviser Local Government and Community Relations
Jackie Christensen Advanced Operator Power Plant
Jana Kettering Senior Adviser Communications and Media Relations
Karen Ellis
Katherine Stowe Commercial Administrator
Kelly Johnson Specialist, Community Outreach
Petra Paleocrassas Commercial Executive
Tony Johnson Senior Training Coordinator
Vania Grandi Senior Communications Advisor, Sustainable Development
Eva Model Director

A mentor of mine growing up was a man by the name of Bruce Farmer. When I met Mr. Farmer I was about 12 years old. He moved to Salt Lake City to be CEO of Kennecott Utah Copper and I was fortunate enough to be able to become good friends with him and his family. Mr. Farmer to me is the epitome of a leader. He got to where he was, leading one of the biggest mining companies in the world, without having any college education and through sheer hardwork. He has seen and done it all, before Salt Lake he was living in South Africa and served as an Election and Reconciliation Coordinator (he ran a big mining operation there) for the South African government at the end of Apartheid and his stories of what went on during that time are inspiring. He climbed Everest twice, Kilimanjaro for his 25th wedding anniversary, paintballed (with me), started skiing when he moved here and quickly became an expert. Most of all, he is an inspiration to everyone that has ever worked for him. In my opinion, he is never the person that demands respect, he commands it. I believe that a true leader is someone that you know who would never ask someone to do something that they wouldn't do themselves if they could. Nothing to me is more inspiring to troops - whether that be employees, friends, family members or Scouts, then when whoever it is, regardless of rank or seniority, you know would get into the nitty gritty right there with you to help out. Think about it - the times that you remember a great leader, is it when they bark out orders or is it when they have their arms deep into the garbage you are looking through together to find a retainer that a customer threw away by accident (a whole another story about my first day on my first HS job). For me, events like that make me "want to die for someone" in the sense that you will always respect that person and always do what you can to do your best. Bruce is one of those people. I need to be one of those people. Tonight, I need to brave the cold. Wish me luck.

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Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation CEO Current
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Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation Vice President Marketing and Sales Current

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Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation Director of Sustainable Development Current

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Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation Manager, Precious Metals & Sulfuric Acid Sales Current

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Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation Manager Health and Safety Current

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Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation Senior Adviser Community Outreach Current

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Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation Financial Analyst Current

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Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation Account Executive Sulfuric Acid Sales Current

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Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation Senior Sales Account Executive Molybdenum Current

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Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation Principal Adviser Local Government and Community Relations Current

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Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation Advanced Operator Power Plant Current

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Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation Senior Adviser Communications and Media Relations Current

Karen assisted Kennecott Utah Copper's Human Resource department for over 4 years and has been a valuable asset to the Benefit and Employee Services team at Rio Tinto, the parent company to Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation. Karen was responsible for the creation and maintenance of the employee benefit and personnel files for over 500 employees. Karen's excellent customer service skills proved invaluable to her former employers and co-workers. Karen brings to CBD-TDAC a positive, cheerful attitude with a willingness to assist where needed and a desire to help further the work of the Center. Karen attended Fresno City College where she studied office training and business management.

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Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation Commercial Administrator Current

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Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation Specialist, Community Outreach Current

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Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation Commercial Executive Current

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Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation Senior Training Coordinator Current

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Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation Senior Communications Advisor, Sustainable Development Current

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Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation Director Current
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