Industrial Minerals


Kenmare to expand minsands

05 March 2010

by Simon Moores

Mozambique miner looks to raise $270m. for expansion of Moma TiO2 feedstock mine

Keywords: Kenmare, mineral sands, ilmenite, zircon, rutile

Kenmare Resources PLC has gone to the market to raise £179.6m. ($270m.) to fund an expansion of its titanium dioxide (TiO2) feedstock project in Mozambique.

 

The Moma mine in the south-east African country is presently increasing production to a rate of 800,000 tpa, but Kenmare is looking to boost its minsands capacity to 1.2m....