Proving their metal

Kenmare Resources is sitting on a Mozambiquean mine that holds 140 years’ worth of titanium pigment – a substance used in the making of almost every industrialised product

Michael Carvill of Kenmare ‘People say we made loads of operational mistakes and errors, and that’s true – but no more than any other operation would have done’
Michael Carvill: ‘The situation was dire. The outcome is not something to rejoice over’ Pic: Fergal Phillips

‘Look around this room. The only thing you can see here that doesn’t have titanium pigment in it is the glass in those lights.

“Your clothes; the pen you’re carrying; the ink in the pen; the paper you’re writing on; all the seats; every single thing here that’s surrounding us. Even varnish on the wood all has titanium ...