THE BUSINESS AT A GLANCE
Project & facility overview
Kennecott Smelter is a mineral processing plant recorded in Utah by the U.S. Geological Survey. Its June 2026 inventory associates this facility with copper, rhenium, selenium, silver, tellurium and reports the status as assumed active. Products, named organizations and any reported annual capacity are shown separately so different commodity units are not combined.
- Mineral exposure
- Copper, Rhenium, Selenium, Silver, Tellurium
- Province / state
- Utah
- Countries of assets
- United States
- Stage / facility type
- Refinery / Smelter
- Source operating status
- Assumed active
- Inventory date
- 2026-06-29
- Source identifier
- USA0375
CORPORATE CONNECTIONS
Organizations behind this asset
| Organization | Source relationship | Reported interest | Source date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Tinto Group ↗ | Reported equity owner | 100% | 2026-06-29 ↗ |
Reported operator: Kennecott Utah Copper LLC.
NRCan combines operators and owners in one source field; no equity percentage is inferred. USGS interests retain the source’s date. A listed party may be a subsidiary, operator or joint-venture participant.
INDUSTRIAL DATA
Reported annual capacity
| Product / commodity | Annual capacity | Measurement basis | Source notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| RheniumCompounds | 1 metric tons / year | Re contentInventory: 2026-06-29 | No additional note suppliedSource capacity reference: U592 |
| Tellurium | 20 metric tons / year | Te contentInventory: 2026-06-29 | No additional note suppliedSource capacity reference: U593 |
| CopperAnodes | 300,000 metric tons / year | Cu contentInventory: 2026-06-29 | No additional note suppliedSource capacity reference: U594 |
| SulfurSulphuric Acid | 1,000,000 metric tons / year | Gross weightInventory: 2026-06-29 | No additional note suppliedSource capacity reference: U596 |
Nameplate or reported capacity is not actual production, utilization, inventory available for sale, or a resource estimate. Capacity can be shared across facilities or products. Different units and shared values must not be summed.
GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT
Kennecott Smelter: location
Salt Lake City, UT
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TRACEABLE INFORMATION
Sources & record dates
Government inventory classifications retain their original dates and uncertainty. “Assumed active” is the USGS source classification, not a newly verified operating status. Confirm current ownership, production, personnel and project status in the original disclosures.