Industrial Minerals


Canadian Wollastonite to start mining this year at St Lawrence

07 February 2012

by Alex Feytis

Project in the home straight but slowed down by inhabitants’ appeal over water issue

Keywords: Canadian Wollastonite, wollastonite, cement, animal nutrition

Canadian Wollastonite expects to start mining wollastonite this year in Canada, after ten years spent working on the project, the company revealed to IM.

The Ontario-based exploration company is focused on the commercial development of its St Lawrence high-grade wollastonite deposit located north of the St Lawrence River, in the eastern part of Ontario.

The deposit is close to the operations of existing wollastonite producers RT Vanderbilt Co. Inc. and NYCO Minerals...