Industrial Minerals


USAC prepares to start Mexico antimony operations

23 November 2011

by Mark Watts

Company to complete vertical integration with start-up of new mine and flotation mill

Keywords: US Antimony Corp., USAC, Mexico, flame retardants, antimony, antimony trioxide, zeolites

United States Antimony Corp. (USAC) is preparing to start up its Corral Blanco flotation mill in Mexico later this month to process antimony ore from both local and foreign feedstocks.

Located in Guanajuata state in the centre of the country, the mill will have the capacity to produce 150 tpd of 50-60%-purity antimony concentrates including silver and gold.

The mill will be fed with ore from USAC’s nearby Los Juarez antimony,...