Q&A: Richards Bay Minerals ready to expand as community relationships improve
Revived $500m Zulti South expansion project is expected to receive Rio Tinto’s blessing by midyear
17 February 2025 - 05:00
Richards Bay Minerals (RBM), which as SA’s largest mineral sands producer extracts titanium, iron, zircon and rutile from the vast mineral-rich sands of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), has had a tough time expanding its operations in recent years.
A joint venture between mining behemoth Rio Tinto and SA communities, the company has had to put its Zulti South expansion project on hold since 2020 due to security concerns, which came to a head when GM Nico Swart was assassinated on his way to work in 2021. ..
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