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Get PricePlatinum is always found alongside other PGMs In South Africa's Bushveld complex and a limited number of other ore bodies PGMs occur in sufficient quantities so as to make it economical to exclusively extract these metals whereas at Russia's Norilsk and Canada's Sudbury deposits platinum and other PGMs are extracted as by-products of nickel
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Get PriceIron ores in the form of hematite (ferrous oxide) and magnetite are removed from the earth through mining The use of heavy mining equipment is necessary to dig out large pits in an area with a large deposit of iron ore however because iron does not occur naturally it is necessary to use a blast furnace to separate or refine iron from the
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Get PriceIndustrial-scale copper mining in Africa typically goes back as far as 1966 to when the Palabora Mining Company opened the first open-cast copper mine in South Africa known as the Palabora Copper Mine This mine is iconic for copper mining in Africa as it is one of the largest and the deepest open cast mines in the world
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Get PriceMINERAL AND MINING DEVELOPMENT STUDY OF THE MOLEMOLE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY LIMPOPO PROVINCE Completed by Kieselguhr/diatomite fields of the Republic of South Africa 22 8 The mineral resources found in the Limpopo Province include the platinum group metals iron ore chromium coal
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Get Price31-10-2016Iron ore is a mineral that is rich in iron and oxide It is found in rocks and minerals in any of several forms including magnetite The extracted ore is then transported by rail and ship to markets around the world It resulted in the shut-down of some high-cost iron ore mines in China Canada and Africa
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