Titanium Mining In Kwale District

What next for Kenya's extractives sector after Base Titanium …

Base Titanium announced on 30 October that it is to cease mining activities in Kwale, Kenya, by the end of 2024. The Australian firm commenced production at Kwale in 2013 and has in the past decade risen to become the most successful large-scale miner in …


Mining conflicts and Corporate Social Responsibility: Titanium mining

The study sought to determine the meanings that the community in Kwale attaches to 'nature' and cultural artefacts. It furthermore aimed at uncovering the participants' reactions to the various compensatory practices awarded and CSR programmes implemented by the titanium mining enterprise in Kwale, Kenya.


Environmental Impact Assessment of the Proposed Titanium Mining Project

Environmental Impact Assessment of the Proposed Titanium Mining Project in Kwale District, Kenya. Dates. Publication Year 2002 Publication Date 2002-09. Citation. JOZ Abuodha, Environmental Impact Assessment of the Proposed Titanium Mining Project in Kwale District, Kenya: Marine Georesources & Geotechnology [Mar. Georesour. Geotechnol.].


Residents of Kwale dirt poor in spite of the …

Titanium saved the day, and it so happens that Kenya is the world's eleventh largest producer of the metal, with the entire annual production of 160,000 metric tonnes mined in Kwale County on just 4,000 acres …


Titanium Mining in Kwale Kenya PDF

The project of titanium mining in Kwale Kenya is a good case study of the manner in which western companies apply their capital for purposes of exploiting African countries that are technologically and capital poor. The project of Titanium mining in Kwale Kenya has a lifespan of approximately thirteen years. After years of false starts and controversies, the project began …


MEASUREMENTS OF HEAVY METALS AND NATURAL …

Technical Director, Tiomin - Kenya, Mr. Collin Forbes, for the brief overview of Kwale District in respect of radioactivity measurements and titanium mining. Dr. James Kairu, a great mangrove conservationist, a scholar, a lecturer at the University of Nairobi and a brother, based in Msambweni, Kwale district, together with my sister,


Tiomin Resources: a controversial mining in Kenya (06/01)

At least a quarter of the half million people who live in Kenya's Kwale district, near the Indian Ocean coast, eventually may be evicted to make way for a controversial mining project by the Canadian firm Tiomin Resources Inc. ... could face significant health risks due to the toxic emissions associated with titanium mining. As controversy ...


Kenya grapples with titanium miner's legacy

The following year, Base Titanium (the Kenyan offshoot of Australia's mining giant Base Resources) acquired the Kwale project from Vaaldiam for USD 3 million. In 2013, Base started mining in Nguluku and …


How Base Titanium Transformed Kwale County and …

Base Titanium's exit from Kwale County will mark the end of its first and only mission in Kenya, as it has exhausted all the minerals in the licensed areas. The company is expected to close shop by late 2024, after mining the South Dune extension, Kwale North, and Bumamani reserves.


Kwale Mining Operation in Kenya | Base Resources

Kwale is designed to process ore to recover three separate products – ilmenite, rutile and zircon. After commencing with dozer mining, Kwale mining operations now exclusively uses hydraulic mining, which has proved to be more cost effective and well suited to the Kwale deposit.


Rodgers Muema Nzioka v. Tiomin Kenya Ltd

The plaintiffs in this case sought an injunction to restrain a mining company from carrying out acts of titanium mining in Kwale District. They acted on behalf of other plaintiffs who were mere ordinary rural farming inhabitants of the area of Kwale now designated for mining. They stated that when titanium was discovered there the mining company promised …


Mineral Exploration and Drilling

Exploration is the future of mining in Kwale County. Mineral sands exploration represents an opportunity to extend Kwale Operation's mine life and with it bring further employment, economic output, development and community benefits. ... Significant community investment programs already provided by Base Titanium in the areas of social ...


Kwale bids farewell to mines as Base Titanium …

Monday, December 25, 2023. The Base Titanium mining plant in Kwale County as captured on June 29, 2022. Photo credit: Kevin Odit | Nation Media Group. By Siago Cece. Correspondent. Nation Media Group. Read: Three counties to …


(PDF) Sustainable mineral development: Case study from …

The last two to three decades have witnessed a rapid growth in the mining industry in Kenya. The suite of minerals includes metals such as gold, silver, copper, zinc and titanium, and industrial ...


Ej Atlas

Titanium Mining in the Kwale District, Kenya. Last update: . AR ES IT TR CN FR EN. The Base Resources titanium mining site in Kwale - businessdailyafrica Photo/FILE. After years of local struggle against a mining project for ilmenite for titanium, exports to China have started in 2014.


How Base Titanium Transformed Kwale County …

by Motoni Olodun December 26, 2023. Base Titanium Limited, a world-class mineral sands operator, is set to exit Kwale County in 2024 after a decade of mining activities that have brought significant benefits to the local community …


Mining impact on communities' livelihoods: A case study …

Abuya W (2017) Resource conflict in Kenya's titanium mining industry: Ethno-ecology and the redefinition of ownership, control, and compensation. Dev South Afr 34: 593-606. doi: 10.1080/0376835X.2017.1351869 [15] Abuya O (2016) Mining conflicts and corporate social responsibility: titanium mining in Kwale, Kenya.


Kwale titanium mine to close at end of year

African mineral sands producer Base Resources has confirmed that its Kwale titanium mining operation in Kenya will come to an end at the end of the year. In an operational, development and ...


Mining conflicts and Corporate Social Responsibility: Titanium mining

Abuya, W.O., 2016. Mining conflicts and corporate social responsibility: titanium mining in Kwale, Kenya. The Extractive Industries and Society, 3(2), pp.485-493.


Titanium Mining in the Kwale District, Kenya

Yearly extraction of 330 000 tons of ilmenite, plus rutile and zircon. This project for mining mineral sands is geared to production of titanium. The Kwale project is estimated to be worth approximately US$ 47 million per year. Ilmenite would be mined to a depth of 30 meters.


Economic Contribution

Infrastructure built by Base Titanium such as the 8.6 gigalitre Mukurumudzi Dam, the 8km paved access road and the 16km long power transmission line will be utilised in any post mining land use. The Kwale Mining Operations adds an …


Chinese firm takes control of Kwale titanium mines

Chinese firm takes control of Kwale titanium mines Tuesday, September 01, 2009 — updated on December 18, 2020 - 5 min read


Kwale Mining Operation

Kwale Operations is designed to process ore to recover three main products: rutile, ilmenite and zircon. Base Titanium employs a hydraulic mining method …


Kwale bids farewell to mines as Base Titanium …

70% Off the Quarterly Plan! Kwale bids farewell to mines as Base Titanium prepares for exit. The Base Titanium mining plant in Kwale County as captured on June 29, 2022. Over the past decade ...


Minerals set to unlock growth of Kwale and Kilifi counties

Estimates from Base Titanium show that Kilifi County has 10 times more titanium than Kwale has in Mamburi area. The rare earths and niobium minerals estimated at Sh5 trillion have been discovered at Mrima hills and mining is expected to …


Titanium Mining in the Kwale District, Kenya | EJAtlas

Titanium Mining in the Kwale District, Kenya The Base Resources titanium mining site in Kwale - businessdailyafrica Photo/FILE After years of local struggle against a mining project for ilmenite for titanium, exports to China have started in 2014.


Base Titanium seeks new prospecting license in Kwale

July 17, 2024. in Business. Base Titanium has applied for a prospecting license to explore Titanium, Rutile, Zircon, and Ilmenite minerals in Kwale County. The Ministry of Mining, Blue …


Base Titanium welcomes state decision to lift mining ban

Currently, mining in Kwale is set to end by end of 2024. In the past 24 months, Base Titanium has been undertaking several explorations in Kwale East in bid to extend the mining life.


Company Overview & Information

Base Titanium Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Australian and UK-listed resources company, Base Resources Limited (ASX and AIM: BSE). ... Construction at Kwale commenced in 2011 and mining started on the Central Dune in October 2013, with the first shipment of product out of the Company's dedicated Likoni port facility in February 2014


Mining conflicts and Corporate Social Responsibility: Titanium mining …

DOI: 10.1016/J.EXIS.2015.12.008 Corpus ID: 168140260; Mining conflicts and Corporate Social Responsibility: Titanium mining in Kwale, Kenya @article{Abuya2016MiningCA, title={Mining conflicts and Corporate Social Responsibility: Titanium mining in Kwale, Kenya}, author={Willice O. Abuya}, journal={The Extractive Industries and Society}, year={2016}, volume={3}, …