Producer

Namakwa Sands

South Africa
TitaniumZirconium
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Commodities
PrimaryTitanium, Zirconium
Commodity typeM
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1994
Identification
Deposit ID10183521
MRDS IDI001054
Alternate namesNamaqualandNamaqua
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-31.37155, 17.86833
References
METALS & MINERALS ANNUAL REVIEW- 1990, SPECIALTY METALS,RARE EARTHS, BY NICOLA ROBJOHNS, PG 78.TELEGRAM FROM AMCONSUL JOHANNESBURG DEC. 2, 1992MINTEK BULLETIN, "NAMAKWA SANDS GETS GREEN LIGHT,"DECEMBER 1992, NO. 56.E&MJ MINING MONTHLY, "ILMENITE PROJECT TO GO AHEAD."FEBRUARY 1993, PG 3.MINING MAGAZINE, "GO AHEAD FOR NAMAKWA MINERALS PROJECT."JANUARY 1993, PG 43MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, " NAMAKWA SANDS POWER SUPPLYNEGOTIATIONS." DECEMBER 18/25, 1992, VOL. 319 NO.8204,PG 434MINING WEEKLY, "ANGLO SLAGS AHEAD." DECEMBER 11, 1992,METALS WEEK, "NEW TITANIUM, RUTILE OPERATION PLANNED FORSOUTH AFRICA." NOVEMBER 30, 1992, PG 6.MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, "NAMAKWA GO-AHEAD." VOL 319NO. 8201, PG 375.MBM METALS TECHNOLOGY SUPPLEMENT. JUNE 1994. P. 11. "NEWAPPLICATIONS FOR PLASMA-ARC TECHNOLOGY."