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Share: COLOMBO (News1st): A News1st investigation has uncovered a scheme that allows foreign entities to exploit Sri Lanka’s mineral deposits at a low cost. The scheme was unearthed during an investigation into a proposed mineral mining project on Mannar Islands involving an Australian company – Titanium Sands Ltd. Sri Lanka’s Mines and Minerals Act does not allow licences to be issued to companies not registered in the country for the exploration or mining of minerals. How did the Aust...

Share: COLOMBO (News1st): A News1st investigation has uncovered a scheme that allows foreign entities to exploit Sri Lanka’s mineral deposits at a low cost. The scheme was unearthed during an investigation into a proposed mineral mining project on Mannar Islands involving an Australian company – Titanium Sands Ltd. Sri Lanka’s Mines and Minerals Act does not allow licences to be issued to companies not registered in the country for the exploration or mining of minerals. How did the Aust...

Mineral sands stocks on the ASX: The Ultimate Guide 197SHARES A lesser understood, yet essential section of the resources sector is mineral sands, with several ASX-listed plays geared to take advantage of forecast supply gaps in the coming years. The mineral sand suite is critical to numerous products found in everyday life from toothpaste to tiles, to the paint you put on your walls or the titanium metal used in human implants or found in aircraft and golf clubs. Various minerals are included ...

by Zanita Careem In the new normal, Christmas is still a season of love… from a distance. Christmas this season will be different but that does not mean that it cannot be celebrated. We should feel the joy and the spirit of giving From Santa bubbles to drive though Christmas decorations, is socially distanced year like no other is giving us a masked Christmas We spoke to Otara Gunawardena to find how she feels about X’mas this year upended by the Coronavirus pandemic. She said the ongoing C...

Mannar Island is a bird paradise that survived Sri Lanka’s civil war Two thousand flamingos and a war-torn island: controversy over Australian mine proposal Have you heard of Sri Lanka’s Mannar Island? Up to a million migrating birds seek sanctuary here each year on their gruelling journeys South, and thousands of flamingos call the island […]

Up to a million birds stop at Mannar Island, off the north-west coast of Sri Lanka, to feed during the winter. The Vankalai Bird Sanctuary on the southern tip of the island is protected by the Sri Lankan government and has been internationally recognised under the Ramsar Convention for its importance to both local and migratory birds. Ms Saroor also remembers climbing the swollen trunks and gnarled branches of the baobab trees — trees synonymous with Africa, Madagascar and Australia’s Kimbe...

Mannar Island is a bird paradise that survived Sri Lankas civil war. Now an Australian mining company wants its sand Posted TueTuesday 22 updated WedWednesday 23 Fishing is one of the main industries on the island. ( Print text only Cancel As a small child, Shreen Abdul Saroor remembers getting up before dawn with her father to spy on the masses of migratory birds that would visit her island. The birds were on their way down the Central Asian flyway — a migration path that crosses 30 countri...