Talvivaara mine

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The Talvivaara mine is one of the largest nickel mines in Finland. The mine is located in Sotkamo in Kainuu region of Finland. The mine is owned by government-established Terrafame, which bought it from the bankruptcy-bound Talvivaara Mining Company in 2015. Its annual production capacity is over 10 million tonnes of ore. The mine has reserves amounting to 1 billion tonnes of ore grading 0.22% nickel, 0.13% copper, 0.5% zinc and 0.02% cobalt thus resulting 2.2 million tonnes of nickel, 1.3 million tonnes of copper, 5 million tonnes of zinc and 0.2 million tonnes of cobalt.

2008  WikimediaWikidata
cobalt minenickel minecopper minezinc mineTerrafame, Q33

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Location: 63.9674, 28.0179, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  • Talvivaara mine
    nickel mine in Sotkamo, Finland
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