Industrial Minerals


Alkane eyes 2012 zirconia start

23 March 2010

by Mark Watts

Feasibility study due later this year at Dubbo, Australia, project; rare earths also planned

Keywords: zirconia, rare earths, yttrium, Alkane, zirconium

Australia's Alkane Resources Ltd could bring its zirconia project in Dubbo, New South Wales, on stream in mid-2012 following a final decision later this year. Alkane is carrying out a definitive feasibility study at the project scheduled be completed in Q3 2010. The study includes the operation of a pilot plant at the...