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Johannesburg-listed Copper 360 has announced the restart of underground mining at the Rietberg mine in South Africa’s Northern Cape province. This marks the first time in more than four decades that copper is mined from the O’Kiep district — the oldest formal mining area in the country.
The restart also represents a historic milestone in South Africa’s mining history, with copper again being mined in an area which was the site of the first mineral discovery in the country in 1661. The Rietberg mine previously operated until 1983. Production will then rise to 45,000 tonnes over four months as the second modular floatation plant the company is constructing gets commissioned, which is expected in the next two months.
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