Industrial Minerals


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  • Nokeng fluorspar December 2012 issue

    Sephaku Fluoride Ltd (SepFluor) is developing a number of fluorspar mining projects and an associated fluorochemical plant in a bid to become a globally significant producer of acid-grade calcium fluoride (CAF2) and a range of beneficiated products. Read More

  • Hinda phosphate November 2012 issue

    Cominco Resources is ready to start the pre-feasibility study on its Hinda phosphate project, in the Republic of Congo (ROC), West Africa, having raised €11m ($14.2m) in the past 24 months. Read More

  • Leigh Creek magnesite October 2012 issue

    Australian multi-mineral explorer Archer Exploration Ltd is bringing on an advanced magnesite project made up of a series of deposits near Leigh Creek in South Australia. Read More

  • Meckering – making alumina from kaolin September 2012

    Australia Minerals & Mining Group (AMMG) is developing a kaolin project in Western Australia that will produce high-purity and smelter-grade alumina through a new acid-based leaching process. Read More

  • Whabouchi lithium August 2012

    Nemaska Lithium Inc. is a junior exploration and development company based in the James Bay region of Quebec, Canada. With its Whabouchi lithium project in QuŽbec on the cusp of production, and a second lithium asset undergoing sampling tests, the company is poised to take advantage of the sustained surge in global demand for lithium. Read More

  • Canadian zeolites July 2012

    Canadian Mining Inc.’s Sun Group project in British Columbia, Canada, is looking to exploit zeolites, a group of 48 natural minerals whose use increased dramatically during the 20th Century. Zeolites’ benefits lie in their adsorption and cation exchange capacity (CEC), which results from their crystalline structure. Read More

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