
palabora mining company ltd. palabora copper (pty) limited, a subsidiary of palabora mining company ltd,is a copper mine that also operates a smelter and refinery complex based in the town of phalaborwa, in south africas limpopo province. the mine owes its origins to a unique rock formation in the region known as the palabora igneous complex.,foskor mining division phalaborwa,mining division. founded in 1951, foskors mining division in phalaborwa mines phosphate rock (foskorite and pyroxenite), from which foskors acid division in richards bay produces phosphoric acid and phosphate-based granular fertilisers for local and international markets. the opencast mine in phalaborwa, in south africas limpopo province, has the capacity to yield