M-I SWACO lodges planning application for UK barite mine
By Kasia Patel
Published: Monday, 16 November 2015
The company’s latest planning application to the local council follows years of environmental studies and public consultation to address the concerns which previously led to the rejects of M-I SWACO’s 1996 application. With the potential for 120,000 tpa barite production, the company hopes to enable to the UK to become self-sufficient in its barite requirements.
UK oilfield services company M-I SWACO has lodged a planning
application with the local council in Duntalich, north of
Aberfeldy in Scotland, for the development of its barytes
(barite) mine.
The application was submitted to Perth & Kinross Council
and is the company’s second attempt to gain
project approval, as...