{"id":31751,"date":"2014-04-16T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eramet.com\/non-classifiee\/tizir-gco-from-construction-to-mineral-sands-mining\/"},"modified":"2023-04-14T00:07:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T22:07:03","slug":"tizir-gco-from-construction-to-mineral-sands-mining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eramet.com\/en\/news\/tizir-gco-from-construction-to-mineral-sands-mining\/","title":{"rendered":"TiZir GCO: from construction to mineral sands mining"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"import2023\">\n<div class=\"chapo\">\n<p>ERAMET Groupe recently announced the completion of Grande C\u00f4te project\u2019s construction in Senegal by TiZir, its 50% joint-venture with the Australian company Mineral Deposits. Through TiZir, ERAMET is becoming one of the major participants in the mineral sands industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div  >\n<p><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27524%27%20height%3D%27256%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20524%20256%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27524%27%20height%3D%27256%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.eramet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/news_16avril14_1_2-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After two years of construction, TiZir Grande C\u00f4te Op\u00e9rations (GCO) project team handed it over to the production teams a few weeks ago. They will start mining the mineral sands dunes located along the Senegalese coast and that contain zircon and ilmenite among other things.<\/p>\n<p>Mining will begin with the constitution of a heavy mineral concentrates stock which will be processed at the separation plant. The resulting products will then be carried by rail to Dakar port, where they will be shipped.<\/p>\n<p>The ramp up of zircon and ilmenite production from Grande C\u00f4te Op\u00e9rations will give its standing to TiZir, which also includes the Tyssedal ilmenite upgrading facility in Norway. Transformed in titanium dioxide slag, ilmenite is mainly sold to the pigment industry for its properties as a bright white pigment. 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