Revival of SA's historic Okiep mine well worth Orion’s coin as copper booms | Fin24

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The revival of copper mining in the area comes as metal prices remain close to record highs with demand anticipated to grow.

Orion Minerals plans to revive the Okiep copper complex was closed down in 2003.

Somewhere between Pofadder and Springbok, in the vast Northern Cape savannah, lies the sleepy town of Okiep, which had long since passed its heyday as a mining mecca when, in 2003, it closed its doors.Subscribe to News24 for just R75 per month to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. You can cancel any time.

 

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