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When a massive investment in the underground copper mining plan at Rio Tinto Kennecott came through from its parent company last spring, it happened quicker than expected. A subsidiary of the multinational mining giant Rio Tinto, which operates a copper mine on the outskirts of Salt Lake City, had cracked open a plan to access huge deposits of minerals that sat nearly a mile below the surface.