Industrial Minerals


Unimin in illegal sand sales

11 January 2010

by Jessica Roberts

Unimin charged with illegal silica sand mining at North Stradbroke, Queensland

Keywords: Unimin, Consolidated Rutile, Stradbroke, Queensland, minsands, pigment

Unimin Australia Ltd (UAL) – a subsidiary of Unimin Corp., ultimately owned by SCR Sibelco NV – has been charged with illegal sand mining at its mineral sands operation on North Stradbroke Island in Queensland, Australia.

 

The charges, which carry a penalty of...