A Malagasy worker walks along an access track at mining giant Rio Tinto's project to construct an ilmenite (iron titanium oxide) mine in Fort Dauphin, on Madagascar's south-eastern coast April 26, 2007. QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) -- owned 80 percent by mining multinational Rio Tinto and 20 percent by Madagascar -- aims to start mining from next year an annual 750,000 tonnes of ilmenite. Ilmenite is a source of titanium dioxide, a white pigment used in paint and other coatings, plastics and cosmetics. Picture taken April 26, 2007. TO MATCH FEATURE MADAGASCAR-MINING
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