开发南非帕拉博拉(palabora)又名法拉玻瓦(Phalaborwa)铜矿床位于德兰士瓦东北,南纬23.9°,东经31.1°处。 1956年,由里奥廷托南非采矿有限公司和纽芒特采矿公司共同组建的帕拉博拉采矿有限公司,取得了该铜矿床的开采权。 1962年,帕拉博拉公司进行了广泛钻探和大量取样,证实该矿床拥有铜矿石储量2.86亿吨,铜的平均品位为0.69％,边界品位为0.3％,矿床中还含有少量铀矿。据认为该矿床如用露天开采,采深可达366米。 1963年,美国两家工程公司发出报价 Development of South Africa The palabora, also known as the Phalaborwa copper deposit, is located northeast of Transvaal, at latitude 23.9 ° South and at 31.1 ° East longitude. In 1956, Parabola Mining Ltd., co-founded by Rio Tinto South African Mining Ltd. and Newmont Mining Corporation, secured the mining rights to the copper deposit. In 1962, the company conducted extensive drilling and extensive sampling, confirming that the deposit has 286 million tonnes of copper ore, an average copper grade of 0.69% and a border grade of 0.3%. The mine also contains a small amount of uranium deposits. It is believed that the deposit, if used for open pit mining, can reach a depth of 366 meters. In 1963, two engineering companies in the United States issued quotations