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Palabora Mining Company Limited, established in 1956, is a publicly traded mining company which operates underground and open-pit mines. PMC\u2019s mines produce copper and byproducts, including precious metals from sulfuric acid; nickel sulfate; anode slimes; vermiculite and magnetite. In fact, their open cast mine is the widest man-made hole in Africa, at nearly 2 000 meters in width.<\/p>\n
Over and above the companies mining efforts, Palabora maintains subsidiaries in Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States for marketing vermiculite.<\/p>\n
The JSE listed company is headquartered in Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africa and is the countries sole producer of refined copper. 57% of the companies stock is owned by the Rio Tinto Group (international mining conglomerates); while 17% is owned by Anglo American PLC and the remaining 26% is a public float.<\/p>\n
Palabora have initiated a bursary programme to assist Engineering students with funding to pursue their tertiary studies. Bursaries will be awarded to students within the following fields of study:<\/p>\n
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The bursary will cover the following expenses: tuition fees, accommodation at university residence (or accommodation allowance), personal allowance: R5 000 for university students & R4 000 for university of technology students.<\/p>\n
Students will be required to undertake vacation work during university holidays, as specified by Palabora Mining. And on completion of their studies, students are required to partake in a service contract with Palabora Mining.<\/p>\n
Applicants must satisfy the following minimum entry criteria before applying (please note that failure to satisfy all the requirements will lead to your application not being considered):<\/p>\n
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Students who meet the above minimum eligibility criteria, can apply electronically via email to:\u00a0Learnership.Bursary@palabora.co.za<\/strong> Submit clear copies of the following supporting documentation along with your application email (the submission of these documents is compulsory \u2013 if any items are missing, your application be disregarded):<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 31 August 2018. For any queries related to this bursary programme, please contact Palabora Mining directly: Post: \u00a0 ABOUT THE COMPANY \u2013 PALABORA MINING Palabora Mining Company Limited, established in 1956, is a publicly traded mining company which operates underground and open-pit mines. PMC\u2019s mines produce copper and byproducts,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
(Insert the words \u201cPalabora Mining Bursary Application \u2013 Your Full Name\u201d in the email subject line).<\/p>\n\n
CLOSING DATE<\/h3>\n
(Applications submitted after this date will not be accepted \u2013 please apply before the closing date to ensure your application is considered.)<\/p>\nCONTACT THE BURSARY PROVIDER<\/h3>\n
The Bursary Committee
Tel: 015 780 2911 \/ 015 780 2021
Email: Learnership.Bursary@palabora.co.za \/ bursary.applications@palabora.co.za<\/p>\n
Bursary Committee
Phalaborwa Mining Company Ltd
P O Box 65
Phalaborwa
1390<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"