Tumela mine
Appearance
Location | |
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Location | Thabazimbi |
Limpopo | |
Country | South Africa |
Production | |
Products | platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, gold |
Owner | |
Company | Anglo American Platinum |
The Tumela mine is a large underground and open cast mine located in the north-western part of South Africa in Thabazimbi, Limpopo. Tumela represents one of the largest platinum reserves in South Africa having estimated reserves of 56.5 million oz of platinum.[1] The mine produces around 280,000 oz of platinum/year.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Tumela Mine". angloplatinum.com. 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-20.