Three Springs Mine

Mine in Western Australia

Location

Three Springs Mine

Location in Australia

Location| Three Springs
Territory| Western Australia
Country| Australia
Coordinates| 29°30′45″S 115°51′36″E﻿ / ﻿29.512369°S 115.860001°E﻿ / -29.512369; 115.860001
Production
Products| Talc (240,000 tonnes)
Owner
Company| Imerys
Year of acquisition| 2011

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,[1] 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.[2] Rio Tinto acquired the mine in 2001 from the Western Mining Corporation for US$27.8 million.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "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.

## External links[edit]

* Three Springs Deposit Summary Report
* MINEDEX website: Three Springs Talc Database of the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety

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