By Stephen Speckman Deseret News Kennecott Utah Copper Corp. still has decades of cleanup to do, but it now looks like a large area in the southwest portion of the Salt Lake Valley won't be put on a federal list of sites that are considered to be the most polluted in the country.

By Associated Press Rio Tinto, the parent company of Kennecott Utah Copper, said Tuesday it has been selected by Wal-Mart to provide gold and silver for "fully traceable, responsibly produced" jewelry.

Rio Tinto has been chosen by Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, to provide gold and silver for fully traceable, responsibly-produced jewelry. The partnership is part of a Wal-Mart initiative to achieve 100 percent traceability for all of the gold and silver jewelry sold at its stores.

By Olson, Debbi When Kennecott Land Development (KLD) unveiled its plans in 2005 to create a master plan for the future development of the 144 square- mile West Bench, news and excitement about the project spread fast, creating unrealistic expectations that the Oquirrh Mountain range would quickly be transformed into a new metropolis that would more than double the current population of the Salt Lake Valley.

By Mike Gorrell, The Salt Lake Tribune Jun. 12--Besides copper, the Bingham Canyon Mine is about to become a major supplier of molybdenum and rhenium.