Kennecott to Expand Copper Operations

Kennecott Corp. is launching a $227-million expansion of its Utah copper mining operations this year, which will boost production of the metal nearly 15% by late 1992, the company said.

Kennecott Utah Copper will make improvements, including a fourth ore grinding line and flotation circuit, to increase its annual output to 270,000 tons from the present 235,000 tons, said G. Frank Joklik, Kennecott’s president and chief executive.

Construction is scheduled to begin in June, and the project should be finished by the third quarter of 1992, Joklik said.