Mining and Quarry Investment Opportunities
Malawi is naturally endowed with an abundance of unexploited mineral resources. Mining contributes 10% to GDP. The sector is developing with major exploitation in uranium, coal, quarry, limestone, niobium, and gemstone.
Gemstone exports are dominated by aquamarine, agate, garnet, rubies, sapphires amethyst, terrazzo, rock aggregate red, rhodolite garnets, quartz, angering, and feldspar. This creates an opportunity to invest in the production of jewels and jewelry.
Potential investors can invest in mining bauxite, niobium, rutile, heavy mineral sand, gypsum, gold, corundum, graphite, phosphates (apatite) kaolinitic, kyanite, rare earth elements (strontianite and monazite), rees, sulfides (pyrite and pyrrhotite), titanium minerals, vermiculite, lime, base metals, platinum group of minerals, iron, silica sand, nickel and copper, limestone.
In April 2022 the Malawi government through Sovereign Company found natural rutile deposit at Kasiya in Lilongwe district. It is believed that the Kasiya area has the largest rutile deposits in the world with 1.8 billion tonnes resulting in over 18 metric tonnes of contained natural rutile. The assessment report indicates that the metallurgical results for the Malawi rutile show that the mineral is of very high quality with 96% TiO2, no critical impurities, standout chemical parameters, and a highly favorable grain size distribution.
Rutile minerals are preferred as the source of titanium ore, and titanium dioxide pigment. The minerals can be used in coatings and plastics, welding, aerospace and military applications, paper products, paints, sunscreen, food coloring, porcelain, glass manufacturing and making steel and copper alloys. This is a great opportunity for mining investors to invest in the Malawi mining sector.
