ASSESSING THE DESIRABILITY OF MARINE PHOSPHATE MINING
ore is the most common source of phosphate rock and has been mined since the mid1900s in Phalaborwa, Limpopo (DMR, 2008). Also abundant in South Africa are sedimentary deposits of marine phosphorites along the west coast and in KwaZuluNatal (DMR, 2008). Foskor Limited, a key player in the South African phosphate