Industrial Minerals


Great Western seeks partner for rare earth separation plant

25 February 2011

by Jack Elliott

Canada-based group in dicussions over South Africa processing project

Keywords: Great Western Minerals, GWMG, rare earths, Lesser Common Metals

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd (GWMG) is seeking a partner to cooperate on the construction of a rare earths separation plant in South Africa, the Canada-based company said.GWMG is planning to build a separation plant to process mixed rare earth chloride extracted for the company’s Steenkampskraal mining project in South AfricaThe company said it was contemplating a number of ways of structuring the deal with a potential new partner, with a focus on gaining separation expertise.One option is an off-take...