Richards Bay Minerals
One of the largest titanium feedstock sources outside China.
- Material
- Titanium
- Stage
- Mine
- Place
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Operator
- Rio Tinto (74%)
- Coordinates
- 28.70° S, 32.05° E (approximate)
Seen from orbit
- Heat
- 0 of the last 7 days and 0 of the last 30 had furnace-hot pixels within 6 km (NASA FIRMS).
Signals show activity, not output. They are measured automatically and can be affected by weather, terrain and fires.
Facts
- Mines coastal mineral sands and smelts them into titanium slag of about 85% TiO₂
- Also produces rutile, zircon and pig iron
- About 5,000 workers (2024)