Palabora Mine

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Palabora Mine is an iron ore mine operating in Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africa.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the mining asset in Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africa:

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Coordinates (WGS 84): -23.973550, 31.136813 (exact)

Iron Ore Mine Details

Table 1: General Mine Details

Mine status	Start date	Stop date
Operating	1965	–

Table 2: Ownership Details

Additional information including parent company references and full ownership trees available at the Global Energy Ownership Tracker.

Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner name	Owner company GEM ID
Palabora Mining Co Ltd [74.0%]; Empowerment Partners [26.0%]	E100002003993 [74.0%]; E100002003994 [26.0%]	Palabora Copper Pty Ltd [100%]	E100002003992 [100.0%]

Table 3: Capacity and Reserves

Design capacity (thousand metric tonnes per annum)	Total reserves (thousand metric tonnes)	Total resource (thousand metric tonnes)
8405	unknown	unknown

Table 4: Production Details (thousand metric tonnes per annum)

Production year	Iron ore mined
2022	unknown
2023	unknown

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Additional data

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