BORAX NAMES A NEW CHIEF APPOINTMENT TAKES EFFECT ON FEB. 16.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA - Borax borax or sodium tetraborate decahydrate (sō`dēəm tĕ'trəbôr`āt dĕk'əhī`drāt), chemical compound, Na2B4O7·10H2O; sp. gr. 1. announced Gary Goldberg has been named chief executive of the global organization and president of the company's domestic operation, effective Feb. 16. Goldberg began his career with Rio Tinto, Borax's parent company, in 1981. Most recently, he served as managing director of Coal & Allied Industries Limited in New South Wales New South Wales, state (1991 pop. 5,164,549), 309,443 sq mi (801,457 sq km), SE Australia. It is bounded on the E by the Pacific Ocean. Sydney is the capital. The other principal urban centers are Newcastle, Wagga Wagga, Lismore, Wollongong, and Broken Hill. , Australia. Prior to his appointment as head of Coal & Allied, Goldberg was president and chief executive officer of Kennecott Energy, headquartered in Wyoming. Goldberg also held senior management positions throughout Rio Tinto, including Bingham Canyon mine For the former city at this location, see . The Bingham Canyon Mine is an open-pit mine extracting a large porphyry copper deposit southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, in the Oquirrh Mountains. manager at Kennecott Utah Copper Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation (KUCC) is a mining, smelting, and refining company. Its corporate headquarters are located in Magna, Utah, USA. Kennecott operates the largest open-pit copper mine in the world in Bingham Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah. , general manager at Colowyo Coal Company, and mining executive for the Gold and Other Minerals product group, based in London. Goldberg holds a bachelor's degree in mining engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and a master's of business administration from the University of Utah The University of Utah (also The U or the U of U or the UU), located in Salt Lake City, is the flagship public research university in the state of Utah, and one of 10 institutions that make up the Utah System of Higher Education. . Borax supplies nearly half the global demand for borates. It employs nearly 1,500 people worldwide, including at its boron mine and Valencia offices, and ships its products to customers in nearly 100 countries. |
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