Palabora Mining Company
Mining and industrial · Phalaborwa, Limpopo
Copper mine with a smelter and refinery complex in Phalaborwa, Limpopo, run by Palabora Copper (Pty) Limited.
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Palabora Copper (Pty) Limited is a subsidiary of Palabora Mining Company Ltd. It runs a copper mine with a smelter and refinery complex in the town of Phalaborwa, in Limpopo Province. The mine owes its origins to the Palabora Igneous Complex, a unique rock formation in the region. Nowhere else is copper known to occur in carbonatites in the way it does at Palabora. The company was owned and managed by Rio Tinto, which held 57.7% of the shares, with Anglo American holding 16.8%.
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