The bulk earthworks phase of the Nyanza Light Metals plant to advance ilmenite up the value curve as titanium dioxide pigment (TiO2) has begun at the Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone (RBIDZ) in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province. Nyanza will process ilmenite produced from the mining of heavy mineral sands, which are abundant in Africa, to produce the ten-times-higher-priced TiO2 pigment for industrial coatings, architectural paints, paper and plastics
