Titanium in Africa
Overview of ore deposits and extraction
Titanium mining in Africa has been beset by environmental problems due to the polluting nature of processing rutile, a principal titanium ore. Titanium production in Africa includes the following principal countries and companies.
Kenya
- Base Titanium of Australia
- Tiomin Resources of Canada
- Tiomin Kenya
- Location: Eldoret; Kwale
Mozambique
- Kenmare Resources of Ireland
- Kenmare Moma Mining
- Kenmare Moma Processing
- Moma Mineral Sands Project
- Location Nampula Province
- Involves investment from African Development Bank (ADB); European Investment Bank (BEI), the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA); and the German Development Bank (KfW).
- Principally mining Ilmenite
Sierra Leone
- Sierra Rutile of Ohio; since 1967
- Location:Bonthe/Port Loko District; Tonkoli District
- Branch Energy UK
- Diamond Works
- Executive Outcomes RSA
- Sandline International
- Sierra Leone Ore and Metal Company since 1963
- Location: Mokanji Hills in the Southern Province
- See: 1994 Mines and Minerals Act (Sierra Leone)
South Africa
- BHP
- Anglo American – Namakwa Sands mines
- Richards Bay Minerals RBM
- Kumba Resources – and subsidiary Ticor Limited
- Southern Mining Corporation – Bothaville heavy mineral occurrence
- Mineral Commodities of Australia Xolobeni mine, Transkei Coast.
- East London Development Zone Corporation (ELDZC) – associated smelting project
See also
External links
- Don't Let Titanium Become The Curse Of Kwale; Opinion by Sam Wainaina, The East African (Nairobi), 18 January 2001
- Titanium mining in Mozambique, from Afrol
- Sierra Leone titanium mining overview from Project Underground
- Mining in Sierra Leone, Encyclopedia of the Nations
- MBendi – Republic of South Africa – Heavy Minerals Mining – page
- MBendi – Africa – Heavy Minerals Mining – page
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Titanium in Africa
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
States with limited
recognition
recognition
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Somaliland
Dependencies and
other territories
other territories
- Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)
- Madeira (Portugal)
- Mayotte / Réunion (France)
- Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)
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