Earlier in this series, we made the case for copper being “the metal that built technology.” Some readers took issue with that statement, noting correctly that meteoric iron and gold were worked long ...

Kwale County: Australian firm Base Titanium Limited has commenced mining of titanium in Kwale County. Base Titanium is one of the firms licensed to undertake mining activities in the county, which is ...

The Moma mine contains deposits of heavy minerals that include the titanium minerals ilmenite and rutile, as well as the zirconium silicate mineral, zircon. Mining is principally undertaken using ...

The Mt Peake mine site will involve mining the titanomagnetite ore and recovering the magnetite in a concentrate through a beneficiation process. The company and its advisers have selected a ...