(1) In the mid-2000s, Madagascar had given the green light to two large-scale mining projects: Ambatovy , a $8bn (£6.4bn) nickel and cobalt project developed by a consortium led by Sherritt International, and QMM , a $1bn ilmenite project developed by Rio Tinto.
Leucoxene
Definition:
(n.) A nearly opaque white mineral, in part identical with titanite, observed in some igneous rocks as the result of the alteration of titanic iron.