Industrial Minerals


Mt Marion lithium mine start-up delayed

31 October 2011

by Mark Watts

Joint-venture partners reassessing the timing of Australia project’s commissioning

Keywords: lithium, spodumene, Reed Resources, Mineral Resources, mica, tantalum

The Mt Marion lithium minerals project being developed by Reed Resources and Mineral Resources has been delayed, with the mine’s start-up date now uncertain.

The joint-venture partners had expected to start up the Western Australia project in the third quarter of 2011 to become the region’s third active spodumene mine.

“The company is working with...