Australia-based company acquires required funding, to begin work on Kenyan operations

Mineral sands developer Base Resources is in the process of securing further offtake parties for its Kwale product, as the miner looks to start construction of the Kenyan project in April or May of this year.

$170m secured for Kenya mineral sands project −Base

ASX-listed mineral sands developer Base Resources has secured $170-million in syndicated project finance to develop its Kwale mine, in Kenya. The debt finance facility would form part of the overall funding package for the development of Kwale,...

Production at Kwale expected to start in 2013

Mineral sands developer Base Resource tells Mining Weekly that it expects to start production at its Kwele project, in Kenya, by 2013.

Matilda starts operations at Northern Territory zircon mine

Perth-based Matilda Zircon would send its first shipment of zircon concentrate from its Tiwi Island project, where mining activities started this week, to China in early August, the company said on Thursday. Matilda said in a statement that it...

Matilda ready to start mining at Northern Territory zircon project

ASX-listed mineral sands developer Matilda Zircon would start mining at its Tiwi Island zircon project, in the Northern Territory, within a month, it reported on Tuesday. The company said that it had received all the necessary approvals and...