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

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'' * Tiomin Resources ''of Canada'' ** Tiomin Kenya **''Location:''

Eldoret Eldoret is a principal town in the Rift Valley region of Kenya and serves as the capital of Uasin Gishu County. The town was referred to by white settlers as Farm 64, 64 and colloquially by locals as 'Sisibo'. As per the 2019 Kenya Population ...

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Kwale Kwale is a small town in and the capital of Kwale County, Kenya. It is located at around ; 30 km southwest of Mombasa and 15 km inland. The town has an urban population of 10,063 (2019 census). It is next to the Shimba Hills National ...

Mozambique

Kenmare Resources Kenmare Resources plc is a publicly traded mining company headquartered in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Its primary listing is on the London Stock Exchange and it has a secondary listing on Euronext Dublin (LSE and ISE ticker: KMR). Kenmare is ...

''of Ireland'' ** Kenmare Moma Mining ** Kenmare Moma Processing ** Moma Mineral Sands Project **''Location'' Nampula Province **Involves investment from African Development Bank (ADB);

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(BEI), the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA); and the

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(KfW). **Principally mining Ilmenite

Sierra Leone

* Sierra Rutile ''of Ohio; since 1967'' **''Location:'' Bonthe/ Port Loko District;

Tonkoli District Tonkolili District is a district in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Its capital and largest city is Magburaka. The other major towns include Masingbi, Yele, Mile 91, Bumbuna, Yonibana, Matotoka. Mathora, Magbass and Masanga. Tonko ...

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''UK'' **

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** 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 Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) is a South African mining company. RBM's principal product is titanium dioxide in the form of an 85% pure titanium dioxide slag; the company also produces the higher-purity 95% titanium dioxide product rutile as well ...

RBM *

Kumba Resources Kumba Iron Ore is an iron-ore mining company in South Africa. It is the fourth largest iron-ore producer in the world and the largest in Africa. History Kumba Iron Ore is a successor of Kumba Resources, which was listed on the Johannesburg Sec ...

- ''and subsidiary Ticor Limited'' * Southern Mining Corporation - '' Bothaville heavy mineral occurrence'' * Mineral Commodities ''of

Xolobeni mine The Xolobeni mine is a proposed titanium mine located in the Wild Coast region of the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The proposed mine has reserves amounting to 348.7 million tonnes of ore grading 5% titanium. The government decision to support ...

, Transkei Coast. ** East London Development Zone Corporation (ELDZC) - ''associated smelting project''

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