Industrial Minerals


Gecko to invest $1.8bn in Namibia soda ash, phosphates project

09 May 2011

by Mark Watts

Chemicals complex to replace Asian imports to country’s growing uranium industry

Keywords: Gecko Mining, soda ash, sulphuric acid, phosphoric acid, phosphates, fertiliser

Gecko Mining plans to build a chemicals complex in Namibia to produce soda ash, sulphuric acid and phosphoric acid, the South African group said.According to Namibian newspaper Informanté, Gecko has earmarked 12bn Namibian dollars ($1.8bn) for the project, which will also go towards the construction of a new harbour.The plants,...