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(Facility) Palabora Copper Refinery

Plant in South Africa with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Production statistics
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255784
MAS/MILS ID 7910201005
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Palabora Copper Refinery
Alternate or previous names Palabora

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 31.11809, -23.97998 (WGS84)
Elevation 406
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 31.11809, -23.97998
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Refiner
Plant subcategory Electrostatic

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rio Tinto Zinc
    Interest 39
    Home office South Africa
  • Type Operator
    Owner Newmont Mining Corp.
    Interest 28
  • Type Operator
    Owner Union Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Palabora Mining Co. Ltd
    Home office South Africa

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description Copper Cathode 129600 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 129600mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Copper Cathode 127300 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 127300mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Copper Cathode 126500 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 126500mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Copper Cathode 138700 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 138700mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Copper Cathode 136500 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 136500mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Copper Cathode 132033 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 132033mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Copper Cathode 128864 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 128864mt
  • Year 1987
    Description Copper Cathode 127272 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 127272mt
  • Year 1988
    Description Copper Cathode 118456 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 118456mt
  • Year 1989
    Description Copper Cathode 126206 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 126206mt
  • Year 1990
    Description Copper Cathode 116005 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 116005mt
  • Year 1991
    Description Copper Cathode 118670 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 118670mt
  • Year 1992
    Description Copper Cathode 104246 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 104246mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES REFINERY PROFILE, PALABORA COPPER

  • Production

    REFINERY, JULY 25, 1986, P. 2.

  • Production

    PALABORA MINING COMPANY LIMITED 1986 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 14.

  • Production

    PALABORA MINING COMPANY LIMITED 1987 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 16.

  • Production

    PALABORA MINING COMPANY LIMITED 1988 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 17.

  • Production

    PALABORA MINING COMPANY LIMITED 1989 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 21.

  • Production

    PALABORA MINING COMPANY LIMITED 1990 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 6.

  • Production

    PALABORA MINING COMPANY LIMITED 1991 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 8.

  • Production

    PALABORA MINING COMPANY LIMITED 1992 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 8.

  • Deposit

    PINCOCK, ALLEN & HOLT, INC.; THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING,

  • Deposit

    OPERATING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST DATA FOR INTERNATIONAL

  • Deposit

    COPPER SMELTING AND REFINING OPERATIONS - PALABORA,

  • Deposit

    SOUTH AFRICA. BUMINES CONTRACT J0290007, JAN. 1991. FOR

  • Deposit

    INF., CONTACT S.W. TOWLE, TPO, BUMINES-MAFO, DENVER, CO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JAN-95 Towle, Stewart W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Newmont Mining Corp. — renamed to Newmont Corporation (2019)
    Renamed from Newmont Mining Corporation to Newmont Corporation in early 2020 (after the 2019 merger with Goldcorp).

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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