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Palabora Mining Company Limited (founded August 1956) is a publicly traded mining company headquartered in Phalaborwa, Limpopo province, South Africa. The company operates a single cluster of open-pit and underground mines producing mainly copper as well as byproducts such as precious metals from anode slimes, nickel sulfate, sulfuric acid, magnetite, and vermiculite. Palabora also has processing facilities on site for the production of purified copper from mined copper ore, and a vermiculite recovery plant. Its final copper product has two forms namely, copper cathode and copper rod.[1]
 Open pit mine outside Phalaborwa | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Phalaborwa |
| Province | Limpopo |
| Country |  South Africa |
| Production | |
| Products | Copper vermiculite anode slimes nickel sulfate sulfuric acid magnetite |
| History | |
| Opened | 1956 |
| Owner | |
| Company | Rio Tinto Group (57%) Anglo American (17%) Public float (26%) |
PMC's open cast mine is Africa's widest man-made hole at almost 2,000 m (6,600 ft) wide.[2]
In addition to its mining activities, Palabora maintains subsidiaries located in the United States, United Kingdom and Singapore for the marketing of vermiculite.[1]
- Hebei Iron & Steel Group (35%)
- General Nice Group (25%)
- ISCOR (20%)
- Tewoo Group (20%)
References
edit- ^ a b "Palabora Mining Company". Palabora Mining Company. 2005. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
- ^ (http://www.JochenDuckeck.de/), Jochen Duckeck. "Show Mines of South Africa: Palabora Copper Mine". www.showcaves.com. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
{{cite web}}: External link in|last= - ^ "Hebei Group to Buy Rio's Palabora Mining for $476 Million". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
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