Titanium in Africa
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.
- Sierra Rutile of Ohio; since 1967
- Location:Bonthe/Port Loko District; Tonkoli District
- Branch Energy Ltd UK
- Diamond Works Ltd
- Executive Outcomes Ltd RSA
- Sandline International Ltd
- Sierra Leone Ore and Metal Company since 1963
- See: 1994 Mines and Minerals Act (Sierra Leone)
- BHP Billiton
- Anglo American - Namakwa Sands mines
- Richards Bay Minerals RBM
- Kumba Resources - and subsidiary Ticor Limited
- Southern Mining Corporation - Bothaville heavy mineral occurrence
- Mineral Commodities Ltd of Australia Xolobeni mineral resource, Transkei Coast.
- East London Development Zone Corporation (ELDZC) - associated smelting project
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- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Somaliland
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- Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain)
- Madeira (Portugal)
- Mayotte / Réunion (France)
- Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)
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