Industrial Minerals


Canadian Wollastonite welcomes RTV challenge

July issue 2009


Ontario based developer, Canadian Wollastonite, has welcomed the challenge from a wollastonite focused RT Vanderbilt while affirming the “clean-bill of health” of its product in that it is free of asbestos

Keywords: Canadian Wollastonite, TR Vanderbilt, TRV, Canada, pilot plant, asbestos, Bob Vasily

Ontario based developer, Canadian Wollastonite, has welcomed the challenge from a wollastonite focused RT Vanderbilt while affirming the “clean-bill of health” of its product in that it is free of asbestos. Canadian Wollastonite’s St Lawrence deposit is just over the border from NYCO Minerals Inc and RT Vanderbilt Cop.’s wollastonite operations.   RT Vanderbilt (RTV) was forced in the closure of its talc operation from the same area owing to a number of issues, one of which was asbestos in the talc, although largely owing to the demise of the US ceramics market...