Rio Tinto said on Wednesday it had approved the construction of a new 25-megawatt (MW) solar plant at its Kennecott copper operation in Utah, bringing the mine’s total solar capacity to 30MW.(Reporting by Shivangi Lahiri in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath)

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Rio Tinto approves new solar plant for Kennecott copper operations

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