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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.
Phalaborwa: Valley of the Olifants: Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality: Mopani District Municipality (previously Ba-Phalaborwa "Better than the South" Polokwane: Capricorn (previously Pietersburg )"place of safety" Potgietersrus: renamed Mokopane
Ba-Phalaborwa Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Ba-Phalaborwa; Tsonga: Masipala wa Ba-Phalaborwa) is a local municipality within the Mopani District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Phalaborwa.
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.
The Phalaborwa army base is home to 7 South African Infantry Battalion (Motorised Infantry) and 5 Special Forces Regiment. The Thohoyandou army base is home to 15 South African Infantry Battalion (Motorised Infantry).
Pages in category "Populated places in the Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The R71 is a provincial route in Limpopo, South Africa that connects Polokwane with the Kruger National Park via Tzaneen and Phalaborwa. [1]The R71 is used daily by people who work or reside in Dalmada, Mothiba, Nobody, Moria, Mankweng, Turfloop and Boyne.
Phalaborwa Airport (IATA: PHW, ICAO: FAPH) is an airport serving Phalaborwa, [1] [4] a town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It was previously known as Hendrik van Eck Airport, [2] named after the South African engineer and industrialist who died in 1970. The airport borders the Kruger National Park.