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Historically, mines were operated privately, but in 1824 an Act of Parliament established the Mining Company of Ireland. [1] In the 21st century, mining companies operating in Ireland include: Boliden AB - Boliden operates the Tara zinc-lead-silver mine in County Meath, the largest zinc mine in Europe.
The Kroondal mine is a large open pit mine located in the north-western part of South Africa in Rustenburg, North West. Kroondal represents one of the largest platinum reserves in South Africa having estimated reserves of 6.2 million oz of platinum. [2] The mine produces around 217,000 oz of platinum/year. [2]
Glencore plc is a Anglo-Swiss multinational commodity trading and mining company with headquarters in Baar, Switzerland.Glencore's oil and gas headquarters are in London, England as well as its primary listing being on the London Stock Exchange, and it is one of the largest components of the FTSE 100 by market capitalization.
Ballycorus (Irish: Baile Mhic Fheorais, meaning 'Town of the Pearse Family') [1] leadmines is a former lead mining and smelting centre located in the townland of the same name, near Kilternan in County Dublin, Ireland. The mine opened around 1807 and was taken over by the Mining Company of Ireland (MCI) in 1826 who owned and operated the site ...
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Kazzinc as a company was established is 1997 through the merger of East Kazakhstan’s main ore and non-ferrous metal producers: Zyryanovsk Lead Complex in Zyryanovsk (now Altay), Leninogorsk Polymetallic Complex in the Leninogorsk (now Ridder) and Ust-Kamenogorsk Lead and Zinc Complex in Ust-Kamenogorsk (now Oskemen).
The mine is also one of the world's largest Cobalt producers. [2] [3] It is named after three of the five orebodies which make up the mine: Kamoto-East, Oliveira, and Virgule (the other two being Variante and FNSR). [4] The mine is run by Kamoto Copper Company, a joint venture between Glencore (75%) and Gécamines (25%). [5]
This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:Island_of_Ireland_location_map.svg licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0 . 2010-03-06T20:43:33Z Rannpháirtí anaithnid 1450x1807 (679207 Bytes) Fix incorrectly coloured isands.