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Phalaborwa is home to Palabora Mining.The massive open pit mine, nearly 2,000 meters across, is Africa's widest manmade hole. Founded in 1951, Foskor's Mining Division in Phalaborwa mines phosphate rock (foskorite and pyroxenite), from which Foskor's Acid Division in Richards Bay produces phosphoric acid and phosphate-based granular fertilisers for local and international markets.
Palabora Mining Company Limited (founded August 1956) is a publicly traded mining company headquartered in Phalaborwa, Limpopo province, South Africa. The company operates a single cluster of open-pit and underground mines producing mainly copper as well as byproducts such as precious metals from anode slimes, nickel sulfate, sulfuric acid, magnetite, and vermiculite.
Most of the people in Namakgale are employed in mining, namely Palabora Mining Company, Sasol Agri and FOSKOR. The majority of the residence of Namakgale speak Northern Sotho language , with the Sepulana, KhePhalaborwa and KheLobedu dialects being the most predominantly spoken forms, is the first language of about 70% of the people.
After the war, aged 75, he still had the energy and drive to establish a camp near Phalaborwa and supervise the prospecting and drilling of phosphate deposits. The Government eventually purchased the claims, thus establishing the Phosphate Development Corporation (Foskor) to mine and process the deposit.
Phosphogypsum is a by-product from the production of phosphoric acid by treating phosphate ore with sulfuric acid according to the following reaction: . Ca 5 (PO 4) 3 X + 5 H 2 SO 4 + 10 H 2 O → 3 H 3 PO 4 + 5 (CaSO 4 · 2 H 2 O) + HX
The industrial complex will consist of (1) a phosphate fertilizer factory, (2) a steel manufacturing factory, (3) a sulphuric acid manufacturing factory, (4) a rare earth minerals mining plant, and (5) the Osukuru Thermal Power Station with capacity generation of 12 megawatts. [7]
Langebaanweg is a town on the southwest coast of South Africa, in Western Cape Province.. It is the location of the air force base AFB Langebaanweg.. Langebaanweg has been an important mining center, with its main minerals consisting of phosphorites, primarily calcium phosphate.
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