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The Handback: What Rio Tinto's Kasiya exit says and doesn't say about titanium and graphite
On 8 July 2026, Rio Tinto told Sovereign Metals it will not exercise its option to become operator of the Kasiya rutile-graphite project in Malawi, handing back full control of one of the largest critical-minerals discoveries of the decade. Read one way, that looks like a vote of no confidence from the world's second-largest miner.
Noel Ong
3 days ago18 min read
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