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BHP to start smaller on mineral sands project

BHP Billiton announced late last week that its Corridor Sands titanium project in Mozambique would be scaled down after estimated capital costs for the project outstripped price gains made by the metal.

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BHP to start smaller on mineral sands project

BHP inherited the project when it acquired WMC Resources in 2005. An original feasibility study on the project was done in 2002, BHP said, but since then titanium costs had not risen in line with capital...

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