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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Three Springs Mine

Three Springs Mine is a talc mine located outside of Three Springs, Western Australia. Owned and operated by the Imerys Group, a French-based company, the mine is the oldest and most productive talc mine in the southern hemisphere, and the second-most productive talc mine in the world, with recent annual production of 240,000 tonnes. Rio Tinto acquired the mine in 2001 from the Western Mining Corporation for US$27.8 million.

References

  1. ^ "Imerys.com".
  2. ^ "Shire of Three Springs: Places of Interest". Shire of Three Springs website. Shire of Three Springs. 30 August 2004. Retrieved 16 April 2009.