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Koffiefontein |
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South Africa
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Free state |
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Kimberley |
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28 S 43 / 24 E 46 |
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 | Petra Diamonds Ltd
Owner: 100% |
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| Titre | Profil de la Compagnie | Tous les projets | Site web de la compagnie | Page projet de la compagnie |
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| the Koffiefontein Mine is operated by the Koffiefontein Mine JV, a joint venture between Blue Diamond Mines (Pty) Ltd, a 100% subsidiary of Petra Diamonds, and Lexshell 699 Investments (Pty) Ltd, a black-owned company representing Historically Disadvantaged South Africans (HDSA)
Petra bought the Koffiefontein Mine during 2007 from De Beers who owned Koffiefontein since the early 1900's. |
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The mine is located at the town of Koffiefontein, Free State Province in South Africa, 110 kilometres southeast of Kimberley.
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Diamonds were first discovered at Koffiefontein during 1870 followed by years of relatively small-scale mining. During 1987 De Beers re-opened the mine and recovered 6.2m carats up to 2005 when mining was suspended, followed by a decision from De Be Plus...
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The main deposit is a kimberlite ore body known as the Koffiefontein pipe which forms part of a cluster of Group I kimberlite pipes and dykes that intrude Dwyka shales and Karoo dolerites. The surface area of the opencast excavations measure 44 hectares. Adjacent to the Koffiefontein pipe is a second kimberlite ore body known as Ebenhaezer pipe.
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| Historique de production |
| Métal | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
| DIAMONDS (carat) | 52 089 | 89 622 | 89 622 |
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Données mises à jour le : 30/09/2009
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