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Mineral Sands News
Strandline signs rutile offtake agreement
By: Esmarie Iannucci 3rd March 2021 ASX-listed Strandline Resources has inked the final binding offtake agreement for its Coburn mineral sands project, in Western Australia. The agreement with titanium dioxide producer Venator Materials covers all of the expected rutile production at Coburn, which is expected to generate between... →
Iluka's plans unveiled for 2021
By: Esmarie Iannucci 25th February 2021 Mineral sands miner Iluka has unveiled plans for the downstream processing of mineral sands in Australia, as underlying profits for the full year declined by 45.7%. Iluka on Thursday reported a net profit after tax of A$2.4-billion for the period, including a A$2.2-billion gain from the... →
Test mine study under way for Fourth Industrial Revolution try-outs 
By: Martin Creamer 24th February 2021 A feasibility study is under way on a mine selected for the testing of Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies ahead of their implementation, Minerals Council South Africa senior executive modernisation and safety Sietse van der Woude said on Wednesday. Van der Woude was answering... →
Minexx pioneers minerals export with certified blockchain payments
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 24th February 2021 Technology provider Minexx has exported minerals with full financial transparency from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), by processing $250 000 of blockchain-certified payments. In a statement, Minexx acclaims that this represents a milestone for the company, as well as the sector, as it... →
Base revenue tumbles
By: Esmarie Iannucci 22nd February 2021 Mineral sands producer Base Resources has reported a 170% decline in profits for the half-year ended December, along with a 13% decline in revenues on the back of lower production and prices. The ASX and Aim-listed company on Monday reported that sales revenue for the six months to December had... →
Resource updates made at Kwale
By: Esmarie Iannucci 19th February 2021 Mineral sands miner Base Resources has updated the resource estimate for its Kwale North Dune and Bumamani deposits at its Kwale operation, in Kenya. The resource estimate at the Kwale North Dune deposit has increased by 13%, to 194-million tonnes at an average heavy mineral grade of 1.5%, for... →
Bluejay receives Exim LoI for $208m to build Greenland mine
By: Mariaan Webb 15th February 2021 Exploration and development company Bluejay Mining on Monday announced that it had received a letter of intent (LoI) for $208-million to fund the capital requirements of its Dundas ilmenite project, in Greenland. The LoI is from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Exim). Bluejay said... →
Environmental attorneys, activists welcome High Court's SLAPP judgment
By: Donna Slater 11th February 2021 Nonprofit shareholder activism and responsible investment organisation Just Share’s board of directors has welcomed an “important” High Court judgment, handed down on February 9, in relation to a Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (SLAPP) lawsuit initiated by Australian minerals... →
Arafura secures leases around Nolans
By: Esmarie Iannucci 9th February 2021 The Northern Territory government has granted ASX-listed Arafura Resources mineral leases for areas supporting its Nolans neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr) project. Arafura said on Tuesday that the mineral leases, which will host the Nolans borefield, were granted for an initial 25-year term and... →
Halt to Richards Bay Minerals project depriving South Africa of R100bn
By: Martin Creamer 5th February 2021 Rio Tinto's KwaZulu-Natal mineral sands mining company, Richards Bay Minerals, has got a major project called Zulti South that is fully permitted and fully funded – but is not being developed. Construction began in the first half of 2019, but was then brought to a halt in December 2019 amidst... →
From top left clockwise, Gary Felthun, Roger Baxter, Werner Duvenhage, Mzila Mthenjane, Advocate Thabo Mokoena and Neal Froneman.
Kodal says it will not extend JV with Resolute
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 1st February 2021 Mineral exploration and development company Kodal Minerals says it has refused a request from Resolute Mining for an additional extension of the terms of a joint venture (JV) agreement between the two companies, claiming that Resolute’s expenditure in the JV of about $2-million falls short of its... →
Eramet’s Norwegian plant sale to Tronox falls through
By: Mariaan Webb 18th January 2021 French miner Eramet announced on Monday that Toronox Holdings had terminated an agreement to acquire TiZir Titanium and Iron (TTI), following a challenge of the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). CMA referred the proposed $300-million acquisition of the Norwegian ilmenite transformation... →
Thunderbird JV gets inked
By: Esmarie Iannucci 6th January 2021 Mineral sands developer Sheffield Resources has inked binding documentation with Yansteel to form a joint venture (JV) at its Thunderbird project, in Western Australia. The two companies last year signed a non-binding term sheet to form a JV, under which Yansteel will invest A$130.1-million to... →
FIRB approves Thunderbird JV
By: Esmarie Iannucci 15th December 2020 The Australian Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) has approved a proposed A$130-million joint venture (JV) agreement over the Thunderbird mineral sands project, in Western Australia. ASX-listed Sheffield Resources in August inked a non-binding term sheet with Yansteel to form JV at its... →
Greenland grants Bluejay exploitation licence
By: Mariaan Webb 14th December 2020 The government of Greenland has granted dual-listed Bluejay Mining an exploitation licence for the Dundas ilmenite project, allowing the company to progress towards procurement, construction and ilmenite production. The licence, which is valid for 30 years, grants Dundas the right to the... →
Steps South Africa needs to take to attract global exploration investment
By: Martin Creamer 10th December 2020 Countries wanting to attract exploration investment need readily available geophysics data to offer to prospective investors. “Geophysics is now key to the exploration industry, particularly for metalliferous-type deposits, which have the largest value,” Exploration Geological Consultancy MD... →
Exploration Geological Consultancy MD Regina Molloy
Coal mine on point of turning acid mine drainage into potable water at no cost
By: Martin Creamer 23rd November 2020 An Mpumalanga coal mine is on the point of entering into an agreement before year-end to have its acid mine drainage water curse turned into potable water at no cost, Mining Weekly can today report. Recovered potassium nitrate, which retails at about R15 000/t and which is marketed at about R11... →
Port access secured for Coburn
By: Esmarie Iannucci 16th November 2020 Mineral sands developer Strandline Resources has secured port access for its Coburn mineral sands project, in Western Australia. The ASX-listed company on Monday announced that it had signed binding port access and services agreement with the Mid West Ports Authority, which operates the port of... →
IronRidge CFO resigns
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 10th November 2020 Aim-listed IronRidge Resources has advised that Priy Jayasuriya has resigned as CFO, effective immediately, by mutual agreement with the company. The company has started an executive search for a new CFO and has appointed Karl Schlobohm as interim CFO to provide continuity until the search... →
Toliara FID delayed until late 2021
By: Esmarie Iannucci 4th November 2020 Mineral sands miner Base Resources is not expecting a final investment decision (FID) on its Toliara project, in Madagascar, ahead of September 2021. Speaking at the Africa Downunder Conference, in Perth, Base MD Tim Carstens said that there was little clarity on the timing of the FID, given the... →
Power solution found for Coburn
By: Esmarie Iannucci 4th November 2020 Mineral sands developer Strandline Resources has tapped Contract Power as the preferred contractor to build, own and operate a 32 MW hybrid gas and renewable energy solution for its Coburn project, in Western Australia. Strandline on Wednesday said that the proposed power solution would enable... →
Exploration is priority, says Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe
By: Martin Creamer 3rd November 2020 South Africa should be an exploration site that contributes to gross domestic product growth and employment creation. “Exploration is the way to go and a priority,” Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe told the 2020 Junior Indaba in his keynote address on Tuesday. (Also watch... →
Flow-through must not only incentivise exploration but also market participation – Miller
By: Martin Creamer 2nd November 2020 A flow-through share scheme tax incentive, currently under consideration for South Africa, must serve to incentivise not only exploration but also public listed market development and market participation by a diversity of investors. Mining supply sales consultancy AmaranthCX director Paul Miller... →
Mining supply sales consultancy AmaranthCX director Paul Miller
Hopes rise as top firms arrive at potential flow-through share model to stimulate mining exploration
By: Martin Creamer 27th October 2020 A flow-through share model has been drawn up with the help of top firms to stimulate badly neglected mining exploration in South Africa, Minerals Council South Africa junior and emerging miners leadership forum chairperson Errol Smart said on Tuesday. Speaking to Mining Weekly in a Zoom... →
Kenmare starts production at Pilivili ahead of schedule
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 26th October 2020 Minerals producer Kenmare Resources has announced that the wet concentrator plant (WCP) B at Kenmare Resources’ Moma titanium minerals mine, in northern Mozambique, has started production at the Pilivili orezone, ahead of schedule. WCP B and its dredge were relocated 23 km from their previous... →
Covid has highlighted the value of operating remotely – mining editor
By: Martin Creamer 22nd October 2020 The extraction of data from machinery to improve decision-making is a key benefit of the digital mine and has changed the way that mines manage their assets and perform machine maintenance, Australia Mining managing editor Ben Creagh said on Wednesday. Creagh was speaking during a virtual... →
Navigational safety investigation accepted for Dundas
By: Creamer Media Reporter 22nd October 2020 Exploration and development company Bluejay Mining has ticked another prerequisite for an exploitation licence for its Dundas project, in Greenland, with the acceptance of its navigational safety investigation (NSI) study. The purpose of the NSI was to verify that navigation can be carried out... →
Iluka shareholders agree to demerger
By: Esmarie Iannucci 16th October 2020 The shareholders of mineral sands miner Iluka have voted in favour of the demerger of Deterra Royalties. The company in September announced plans to demerge the royalty business, which will result in two independently listed ASX companies. Iluka would retain its portfolio of mineral sands... →
Mining committed to doing all it takes to improve worker health – Matlala
By: Martin Creamer 15th October 2020 Minerals Council South Africa VP and Masoyise Health Programme chairperson Zanele Matlala on Thursday committed the South African mining industry to doing all it takes to ensure that employee lives are saved and health is improved. Speaking at a global virtual health seminar to reprioritise... →
Minerals Council South Africa VP and Masoyise Health Programme chairperson Zanele Matlala
Iluka's sales improved in Sept quarter
By: Esmarie Iannucci 14th October 2020 Mineral sands miner Iluka has reported a solid quarter of production during the three months to September, with sales for both zircon and rutile products increasing. Total zircon, rutile and synthetic rutile production in the September quarter reached 135 000 t, which was on par with production... →
Grande Côte operation achieves ‘excellent’ results
9th October 2020 Multinational mining and metallurgy company Eramet 2020 half-year results, released on July 29, noted that its Grande Côte Operation (GCO) built on the “excellent operating performance” of 2019, producing 371 000 t of mineral sands over the period. Notably, GCO is the largest single dredge... →
Exploration strategy in three months, hydrogen under scrutiny – DMRE
By: Martin Creamer 8th October 2020 A comprehensive exploration strategy will be developed in the next three months and engagement on the potential of the platinum group metals-linked hydrogen economy is taking place, Department of Mineral Resources and Energy director-general Advocate Thabo Mokoena said on Thursday. In a keynote... →
Flow-through must form part of overall exploration strategy – Minerals Council
By: Martin Creamer 7th October 2020 The introduction of a flow-through share scheme must form part of a full suite and package of measures tailored for a comprehensive exploration strategy for South Africa, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter said on Wednesday. Speaking during question time on day one of the Joburg... →
Tajiri proves up for Strandline
By: Esmarie Iannucci 7th October 2020 A scoping study into the Tajiri mineral sands project, in Tanzinia, has estimated that the project could support a mine life of some 23-years, based on a mining rate of eight-million tonnes a year. ASX-listed Strandline Resources on Wednesday reported that the scoping study estimate a pre-tax... →
Virtual symposium pending for wet processing industry
2nd October 2020 Wet processing equipment manufacturer CDE has announced plans to host a virtual trade event for the global materials wet processing industry. Continuing its engineering insights education series, the major two-day virtual event will take place on October 14 and 15. →
Cabinless, emissionless vehicle foretelling underground’s autonomous future
By: Martin Creamer 30th September 2020 Mining Weekly on Wednesday watched a cabinless emission-free next-generation mining vehicle autonomously load, haul and dump in an underground mine, without a human in sight. The cabinless design places emphasis on the extent to which traditional human operation at the rockface is becoming a... →
Sandvik global product line manager automation David Hallett
Drilling to start at Browns Range
By: Esmarie Iannucci 29th September 2020 Mineral sands developer Northern Minerals has set a A$5-million exploration budget for the 2021/21 financial year at its Browns Range project, in Western Australia. Drill rigs are expected on site in mid October, the company said on Tuesday, with the exploration programme focused on increasing... →
Kenmare safely relocates WCP B plant to Pilivili
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 28th September 2020 Mineral sands producer Kenmare Resources has safely relocated the wet concentrator plant (WCP) B to Pilivili at its Moma titanium minerals mine, in northern Mozambique. Kenmare previously announced three development projects that together have the objective of increasing ilmenite production to... →
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