2021-11-5 Madagascar has some of the richest mineral sands deposits in the world, and QMM has secured the rights to a number of these. The project comprises dredge mining, floating concentrator, and a land-based minerals separation plant to extract titanium minerals, predominantly ilmenite and other valuable heavy minerals, from sand dunes.
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2019-9-1 The mine project got the 'go-ahead' from Rio Tinto in August 2005. Construction started in January 2006. According to PANOS LONDON, the Rio Tinto ilmenite mine in the Taolagnaro area of southern Madagascar is the first of a number
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QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM), near Fort Dauphin in the Anosy region of south-eastern Madagascar, produces ilmenite which is a major source of titanium dioxide, predominantly used as a white pigment in products such as paints and paper. QMM includes the deep-water Port d’Ehoala, where the raw material is shipped to the Rio Tinto Fer et Titane ...
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2016-8-29 MADAGASCAR ILMENITE MINING ENGINEERING PROJECT (Credit 1928-MAG) PREFACE This is the Project Completion Report (PCR) for the Ilmenite Mining Engineering Project, for which Credit 1928-MAG in the amount of SDR 6.2 Million was approved on May 25, 1988. The Credit was closed on June 30, 1993 and the undisbursed amount of SDR 3.7 cancelled.
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2021-9-1 Activists have accused British-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto of contaminating water sources around its ilmenite mine in Madagascar. At some
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2021-2-15 Industrial mining activities in Madagascar include the production of chromium, cobalt, ilmenite, and nickel. Ambatovy operates the largest industrial nickel and cobalt mine. Artisanal and small-scale mining operations employ over 500,000 people across the country and concern mainly gold, precious and semi-precious stones.
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2020-8-1 Malagasy law does not mandate that environmentally destructive mining operations establish biodiversity offsetting programs, but biodiversity offsetting is required for Madagascar's inclusion in the Extractive Industry Trade Initiative (EITI) and has thus been adopted in the past few years by operators across the country to varying degrees ...
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Publications. Journal Articles. 2012 “Inverting the impacts: Mining, conservation and sustainability claims near the Rio Tinto/QMM ilmenite mine in Southeast Madagascar.” Journal of Peasant Studies 39 (2), 447-477. 2012 Co-author (with S.J.T.M. Evers), “Stealing the sacred: Why ‘global heritage’ discourse is perceived as a frontal attack on local heritage-making in Madagascar.
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2019-9-1 The mine project got the 'go-ahead' from Rio Tinto in August 2005. Construction started in January 2006. According to PANOS LONDON, the Rio Tinto ilmenite mine in the Taolagnaro area of southern Madagascar is the first of a number
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2021-7-27 Rio Tinto said it has also reduced production at the BC Works aluminium smelter. Credit: Jonny Caspari on Unsplash. Rio Tinto has signed a 20-year agreement with CrossBoundary Energy (CBE) to purchase renewable power for its QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) ilmenite mine
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2016-8-29 MADAGASCAR ILMENITE MINING ENGINEERING PROJECT (Credit 1928-MAG) PREFACE This is the Project Completion Report (PCR) for the Ilmenite Mining Engineering Project, for which Credit 1928-MAG in the amount of SDR 6.2 Million was approved on May 25, 1988. The Credit was closed on June 30, 1993 and the undisbursed amount of SDR 3.7 cancelled.
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2018-5-21 Ilmenite mining is one of the growing sectors in the mining industry. Ilmenite is an oxide mineral containing titanium and iron that is steel and gray or black and is magnetic. The mineral is the most important titanium ore. Ilmenite mines in Madagascar are located near Fort Dauphin and Tulear.
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2021-2-15 Industrial mining activities in Madagascar include the production of chromium, cobalt, ilmenite, and nickel. Ambatovy operates the largest industrial nickel and cobalt mine. Artisanal and small-scale mining operations employ over 500,000 people across the country and concern mainly gold, precious and semi-precious stones.
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2020-8-1 Malagasy law does not mandate that environmentally destructive mining operations establish biodiversity offsetting programs, but biodiversity offsetting is required for Madagascar's inclusion in the Extractive Industry Trade Initiative (EITI) and has thus been adopted in the past few years by operators across the country to varying degrees ...
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The Toliara mineral sands project is situated approximately 640km south-west of Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar. It is located within the mining lease Permis D’Exploitation 37242 (PE 37242). The Ranobe deposit is divided into three
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Base Resources is progressing the Toliara Project in south-west Madagascar, 45km north of the regional town and port of Toliara. The Toliara Project is underpinned by the large, high grade, ilmenite rich, Ranobe deposit, and is considered by Base Resources to be one of the best mineral sands development projects in the world.
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2014-2-8 QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) is 80% owned by Rio Tinto and 20% owned by the Madagascar government. It has built a mineral sands mining operation near Fort-Dauphin at the south-east tip of Madagascar. QMM intends to extract ilmenite and
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Publications. Journal Articles. 2012 “Inverting the impacts: Mining, conservation and sustainability claims near the Rio Tinto/QMM ilmenite mine in Southeast Madagascar.” Journal of Peasant Studies 39 (2), 447-477. 2012 Co-author (with S.J.T.M. Evers), “Stealing the sacred: Why ‘global heritage’ discourse is perceived as a frontal attack on local heritage-making in Madagascar.
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2019-9-1 The mine project got the 'go-ahead' from Rio Tinto in August 2005. Construction started in January 2006. According to PANOS LONDON, the Rio Tinto ilmenite mine in the Taolagnaro area of southern Madagascar is the first of a number
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2016-8-29 MADAGASCAR ILMENITE MINING ENGINEERING PROJECT (Credit 1928-MAG) PREFACE This is the Project Completion Report (PCR) for the Ilmenite Mining Engineering Project, for which Credit 1928-MAG in the amount of SDR 6.2 Million was approved on May 25, 1988. The Credit was closed on June 30, 1993 and the undisbursed amount of SDR 3.7 cancelled.
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2021-8-4 Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has agreed to buy solar power from a hybrid wind-solar plant for its QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) ilmenite mine in Fort Dauphin, in southern Madagascar ...
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The Ranobe Mine is projected to produce 407.000 tonnes per annum (hereafter tpa) of ilmenite and 44,000 tpa of zircon rich concentrate over an initial 21 year mine life. This first phase of development would utilise around 17% of the 959 million tonnes of mineral resource defined at Ranobe.
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2018-5-21 Ilmenite mining is one of the growing sectors in the mining industry. Ilmenite is an oxide mineral containing titanium and iron that is steel and gray or black and is magnetic. The mineral is the most important titanium ore. Ilmenite mines in
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Base Resources is progressing the Toliara Project in south-west Madagascar, 45km north of the regional town and port of Toliara. The Toliara Project is underpinned by the large, high grade, ilmenite rich, Ranobe deposit, and is considered by Base Resources to be one of the best mineral sands development projects in the world.
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2021-8-21 scale mining in Madagascar, which may or may not materialise depending on domestic and international factors. For instance, scenarios 2 and 3 rely on the development of another ilmenite mine, as well as a coal mine and an iron-ore mine. This will greatly depend on: i)
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2021-10-6 The Toliara mineral sands project located in Toliara, Madagascar, is being developed by Australian mining company Base Resources. The pre-feasibility study (PFS) for the project was completed in March 2019 while a definitive feasibility study (DFS) was completed in December 2019. Base Resources unveiled the results of an updated DFS in September 2021.
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The Toliara mineral sands project is situated approximately 640km south-west of Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar. It is located within the mining lease Permis D’Exploitation 37242 (PE 37242). The Ranobe deposit is divided into three mineralised units namely upper sand unit (USU), intermediate clay sand unit (ICSU), and lower sand ...
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Publications. Journal Articles. 2012 “Inverting the impacts: Mining, conservation and sustainability claims near the Rio Tinto/QMM ilmenite mine in Southeast Madagascar.” Journal of Peasant Studies 39 (2), 447-477. 2012 Co-author (with S.J.T.M. Evers), “Stealing the sacred: Why ‘global heritage’ discourse is perceived as a frontal attack on local heritage-making in Madagascar.
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