Digging out: Kennecott resurfaces in an era of global competition

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Title Digging out: Kennecott resurfaces in an era of global competition
Creator Morris, David Breck, 1938-2004
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1993
Date Digital 2013-07-13
Spatial Coverage Bingham (Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Subject Kennecott Copper Corporation--History; Copper industry and trade--United States--History; Copper mines and mining--United States--History
Description This volume briefly examines the origins of Kennecott Copper Corporation, the growth years, and the post-World War II events that left Kennecott seriously weakened by 1980. Against this background, the Kennecott story is then brought up to date. The bulk of this document deals with strategies, decisions, and actions that renewed Kennecott's historic copper properties after 1980
Table of Contents Introduction; Growth, stagnation, and decline; New management; Cost reduction without major capital spending; Washington initiatives; Evolution of labor relations; Modernization of copper operations; New opportunities in minerals; An outline for global competitiveness
Type Text
Format application/pdf
Language eng
Rights Digital Image © Copyright 20132, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. All Rights Reserved.
Scanning Technician Hayden Shelton
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cz65d9
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