Developing Vietnam’s mineral sands for the rare earths market
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Published: Monday, 22 September 2014
Vietnam has 3,260km of coastline, along which the main sand deposits containing ilmenite, rutile, zircon and other heavy minerals are distributed. Tran Kim Phuong* outlines how these deposits can be of use for the rare earths — or the TiO2 — market.
Vietnam’s coastal placers, of
which 40 have been discovered, are located along most of the
country’s coast from Mong Cai (Quang Ninh province) to
Vung Tau (Ba Ria-Vung Tau province), hosted by Quaternary
sediments.
The main deposits are concentrated along the coast of
central Vietnam between...