Mining milestone

Australia's Base Titanium is in tense royalty talks with the Kenyan government for its first shipment of ilmenite.

image source: basetitanium.com

 Joe Schwarz, the general manager for Base Titanium in Kenya, is the most visible member of Base Titanium's management team, as he has to deal with everyone from the local community to top government policymakers in addition to the daily considerations of running a business.

In mid-February, it was all smiles for Schwarz and Kenya's mining minister Najib Balala as Base shipped the first consign- ment for export: 25,000tn of ilmenite worth $4.5m and destined for China.
The company expects to export 330,000tn per year.
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