Palabora Copper Ltd ’ s mission is to grow sustainably and profitably while delivering excellent value to all of its stakeholders , including its employees , shareholders and the community within which it operates .

Producing some 60,000 tonnes of refined copper a year , located in the Ba-Phalaborwa area of the Limpopo Province , Palabora Copper is South Africa ’ s only producer of refined copper and provides the local market with 85 percent of its copper requirements .

However , the current operation , the Lift I Project , is expected to come to the end of its life in early 2016 , and in an endeavour to extend the life of the mine by a further 20 years , the company is hoping to develop a second underground pit , the Lift II project .

In 2013 , a pre-feasibility study was concluded ,

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Palabora Copper Ltd ’ s mission is to grow sustainably and profitably while delivering excellent value to all of its stakeholders , including its employees , shareholders and the community within which it operates .