South Africa welcomes Nyanza Light Metals construction start

South Africa’s Department of Trade, Industry and Competition has welcomed the start of heavy construction at the Nyanza Light Metals complex in Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone.

• The project is now in active construction after 15 years of planning; contractors will install more than 6,000 deep-foundation concrete piles over the next 12 months across the 70-hectare site, with final commissioning by end-2029.
• The complex will process local resources into titanium dioxide (TiO₂) pigment and use by-products for LFP and fumed silica (SiO₂); the article says the project is backed by the IDC, AfDB, Afreximbank, and AFC, and at peak construction is expected to create more than 3,000 jobs.