Some of the expertise you can expect to see on the day:
(Updated: 19/06/2023)
- Develop and manufacture plastic valves and pipeline systems
- Distribution of electrical, electronic, mechanical and industrial products
- Electrical supplies
- Electronic test and measurement instruments
- Engine control systems
- Engineering, manufacturing, pre-fabrication, construction for power and petrochemical industries
- Fire suppression technologies
- Foundry/Engineering
- Hazardous and industrial lighting
- Head to foot personal protective clothing
- Industrial light fittings
- Industrial valve specialists
- Low voltage switch gear
- Manufactures of operator ID, vehicle management and PDU systems
- Market leaders in industrial heat-transfer products
- Material handling equipment supplier
- Mining and automotive
- Mining business intelligence
- Mining engineering and manufacturing – particularly in screening and grinding media
- Mining, smelter and mineral processing contractors, furnace and industrial services
- Offers comprehensive services for gear units and couplings as well as mechanical drive repairs
- Power management solutions
- Pump and dredging specialists
- Pumps
- Pumps, pump repairs and pump rental
- Rail Maintenance and repair, GO of trainsets, electrical motor repair, transformer repair, battery chargers, DC & traction motor repair
- Specialised lighting solutions for hazardous environments
- Specialising in plant maintenance, rebuilds, mechanical fitting, turning engineering services, electrical engineering, etc.
- Supplier of heavy-duty exhausts, thermal exhaust insulation, air intake parts & diesel particulate filters
- Urethane products
- And more!
Background
Phalaborwa, a Limpopo town located near the confluence of the Ga-Selati and the Olifants rivers, is close enough to the Kruger National Park that elephants sometimes cause traffic jams in the town. It is also home to Palabora Copper, an enormous open-cast mine – at almost 2 000m wide it is Africa’s widest man-made hole.
Opencast mining has been replaced by a large-scale underground operation that will extend the life of mine considerably. Most of South Africa’s copper is mined in Phalaborwa.
Palabora Mining Company (PMC) is one of the operating mines in the area and has numerous operations including a concentrator, smelter, refinery and vermiculite operations. The underground operation produces about 80 000t of copper a year.
The mine is shaped in a block-cave, with the cave reaching 450m. Ore that is extracted from the mine is conveyed to a converter where crushing, milling and flotation takes place. The ore then goes through additional processing in the form smelting and refining. PMC has also made significant investment in the Lift II project and is expected to expand the life of mine to ensure that it continues until 2033.
Visitors
| Name of Operation | Type of Operation | Owner of Operation | Commodity |
| Palabora Copper Mine | Underground | Palabora Mining Company | Copper, magnetite, vermiculite |
| Phalaborwa Smelter & Refinery | Processing | Palabora Mining Company | Copper, magnetite, vermiculite |
| Foskor Mine | Opencast | Foskor Mining Division | Phosphate |
| Foskor Processing | Processing | Foskor | Phosphate |
| Pegmin Mine | Opencast | Pegmin | Feldspar, mica and silica |
| Idwala Magnetite | Processing | Idwala | Magnetite |
| Bosveld Fertilisers | Processing | Bosveld Fertilisers | Fertilisers, acid |
| Rob 5 Mining | Mining | Rob 5 | Feldspar, mica and silica |
| Foskor Zirconia | Processing | Foskor | Zirconia, Silica |
| Stibium Mopani Mine | Processing | Stibium | Antimony |
Exhibitors we would like to see:
Exhibitors we would like to see at the Phalaborwa expo include those involved with underground fire detection and sensors, dust suppression, corrosion control, high pressure washers, fans, conveyor rip detection systems, electrical instrumentation, water treatment systems and pumps.
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