The Project

Since 2013, Fodere Titanium has developed a proprietary process to extract titanium from steel slag and refine titanium and other industrial minerals and chemicals with a lower carbon footprint than existing processes.

The overall manufacturing process will be a world first, largely because conventional processes use feed stocks such as rutile and ilmenite, which have titanium content ranging from 50% to 70%, while Fodere’s feedstock has a titanium content of under 32%.

Our first State of the Art Industrial production facility will be built in Witbank, South Africa. The facility will have a production capacity in excess of 22,000 tons and produce titanium dioxide, vanadium pentoxide along with alumina oxide and magnesium sulphate as by-products.

Significant advantages of choosing South Africa from a commercial perspective are the huge quantities of available feedstock, allowing no need to develop or get involved in high risk mine operations. The first plant will be located in an industrial park with excellent transportation and energy infrastructure in place.

This project that will be of great benefit to South Africa and the United Kingdom, utilising technology in an environmentally and socially responsible way.

Sustainable Development
Zero harm environmental management policies
Attractive EBITDA Margins
A viable process flowsheet has been developed using conventional and cost-effective process equipment

Addresses some of the solutions on the long-term impact of climate change

The Project will benefit from having high value products and relatively low operating costs. The multiple mineral business case with shared production costs offers an attractive revenue to cost ratio for titanium along with multiple expansion opportunities.