Jean-Raymond Boulle-Sierra Rutile
Jean-Raymond Boulle, the mining entrepreneur who discovered the Voisey’s Bay nickel project in Canada, is expected to emerge as the latest target of the world’s leading miners when he restarts a large rutile operation in Sierra Leone. Mr Boulle is the major shareholder of Sierra Rutile, which sits on titanium dioxide worth $3 billion. The operation accounted for 25 per cent of the world’s rutile production before Sierra Leone’s civil war in 1995 forced the suspension of operations.
Mr Boulle will confirm today that Sierra Rutile should resume full-scale production later this year.


