Three Springs Mine
Appearance
Location | |
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Location | Three Springs |
Territory | Western Australia |
Country | Australia |
Coordinates | 29°30′45″S 115°51′36″E / 29.512369°S 115.860001°E |
Production | |
Products | Talc (240,000 tonnes) |
Owner | |
Company | Imerys |
Year of acquisition | 2011 |
Three Springs Mine is a talc mine located outside of Three Springs, Western Australia. Owned and operated by the Imerys Group, a French-based company,[1] the mine is the oldest and most productive talc mine in the southern hemisphere, and the second-most productive talc mine in the world, with recent annual production of 240,000 tonnes.[2] Rio Tinto acquired the mine in 2001 from the Western Mining Corporation for US$27.8 million.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Imerys.com".
- ^ "Shire of Three Springs: Places of Interest". Shire of Three Springs website. Shire of Three Springs. 30 August 2004. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
External links
- MINEDEX website: Three Springs Talc Database of the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety