Commodities
PrimaryNickel
SecondaryCopper, Cobalt
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsChalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1976
Discovery year1968
Identification
Deposit ID10183110
Alternate namesNo Alternate Names
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-20.0969, 29.00139
References
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