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Khibiny apatite mines

Khibiny apatite mines, Russia. Producing, mining phosphate rock.

Why Khibiny apatite mines is famous

The Khibiny massif on the Kola Peninsula supplies Russia's apatite. USGS lists the Khibiny apatite association of OAO Apatit (PhosAgro) with a capacity of 15 Mt a year of apatite concentrate in 2021, and 12 Mt a year in a second table row for PhosAgro's Kola mines. USGS also lists nepheline syenite from an apatite complex on Kola and rare earth work by OAO Apatit at the Lovozerskoye deposit.1,2

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Khibiny apatite mines today

Where phosphate rock is mined todayMining in Russia

Where next

Mines

An example ofAraxa (CBMM)Phosphate on two continents: Khibiny apatite in Russia and Araxa in Brazil.1

Sources

  1. 2020-21 Minerals Yearbook, Russia (advance release) US Geological Survey
  2. Khibiny Mountains (Q38131) Wikidata

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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