Palabora Mining Company (PMC), formerly a Rio Tinto company, mined copper
from this open pit until about 12 years ago when the underground phase
began. Rio Tinto sold out to a Chinese company last year. The headgear can
be seen to the right behind the pit. To the left of the headgear can also be
seen the flotation plant & refinery. The open pit is about 1.2km in diameter
and 700m deep, the bottom being about 300m below sea level. The large fault
on the northern side collapsed when wall maintenance was discontinued. We
used to have an annual road race out of the pit - roughly 7km from bottom to
top plus another 5km to the mine club. This is a two shot pano taken from
the F7 waste dump on the western side.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/13935216898/
Alan C
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