Industrial Minerals


Norway plans garnet production

15 March 2010

by Simon Moores

Silica mineral legislation behind Nordic Mining’s plan to produce 100,000 tpa garnet

Keywords: garnet, rutile, Nordic Mining, abrasives, Engbo

Nordic Mining ASA’s plan to sell the garnet by-product from its Engbo rutile project has been driven by new legislation allowing for increased use of silica minerals in abrasive applications, according to chief executive officer Ivar Fossum....