Xolobeni mineral sands project, South Africa

A previously conducted mining study has concluded that the deposit is economically viable, with a mine life of about 22 years.

Xolobeni appeal hearings cancelled

The hearings involving interested parties appealing a decision to grant Transworld Energy Minerals (TEM) a licence to mine heavy minerals from the dunes near Xolobeni on the Wild Coast, scheduled to take place this week, were cancelled. The...

Xolobeni mineral sands project, Eastern Cape, South Africa

The proposed Xolobeni mineral sands project will be a dry mining operation as the area being mined is relatively small.

Xolobeni mineral sands project, South Africa

The Xolobeni mineral sands project is located on the tenth-largest mineral sands resource in the world, containing over nine-million tons of ilmenite.

Chamber of Mines summit draws protesters

A brief protest broke out on Wednesday at the Chamber of Mines' Sustainable Development Conference in Sandton, when a group of some 15 people began chanting and waving placards.

Xolobeni mineral sands project, South Africa

The Xolobeni mineral lease area is the tenth-largest mineral sands resource in the world containing over nine-million tons of ilmenite.

Wild Coast titanium project faces opposition

The Xolobeni mining right application has been accepted by the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME), and now Transworld Energy and Minerals (TEM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Australian mining junior Mineral Commodities (MRC), and their...

But some are dead against its being mined

The Xolobeni mining right application has been accepted by the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME), and now Transworld Energy and Minerals (TEM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Australian mining junior Mineral Commodities (MRC), and their...

Wild Coast mineral sands, fluorspar beneficiation, diamond-mine expansion

The department of minerals and energy will have to exercise the wisdom of Solomon in its handling of the controversial Xolobeni mining-right application, which it has already accepted.