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Three Springs Mine

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Three Springs Mine is located in Australia

Three Springs Mine is a talc mine located outside of Three Springs, Western Australia. Owned and operated by the Luzenac Group, a French-based subsidiary of the mining giant Rio Tinto Group, 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]

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