MRC refused mining right for West Coast mine

South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) has refused to extend Australian junior Mineral Commodities’ mining rights application for its Tormin mineral sands mine, on the West Coast near Lutzville. In an attempt to accelerate early access to identified resources to extend its mining operations at Tormin, the company’s local subsidiary, Mineral Sands Resources (MSR), submitted the application in April.