Kennecott offers mine workers early retirement

Published May 9, 2013 5:57pm ET



SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah mining company is offering a $20,000 early retirement bonus to reduce layoffs it says will be made necessary by a landslide that damaged an ore pit west of Salt Lake City.

Kennecott Utah Copper Corp. is giving 270 qualified workers until June 1 to accept or reject the bonus and take a pension and health insurance benefits, company spokesman Kyle Bennett said Thursday.

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