Industrial Minerals


North Cape Minerals to close Lillesand feldspar site

08 November 2010

by Jessica Roberts

Feldspar mine and plant to close as demand falls from TV cathode ray market

Keywords: Sibelco Nordic, North Cape, feldspar, TV, Lillesand, cathode ray

Norway-based Sibelco Nordic (formerly North Cape Minerals AS) is to close its pegmatite mine in Glamsland, near Lillesand, in Q2 2011 owing to falling market demand for feldspar.

 

The company blamed the closure on expensive processing costs...