Industrial Minerals

Exposure

• Williston salt and potash March 2010

  Dakota Salts LLC, focused on the exploitation of large salt deposits in Canada but with a post mining new energy-environmental benefit angle, works on a twofold project: exploration and extraction of salt and potash, and the creation of caverns for the storage of natural gas and other hydrocarbons Read More

• Grande-Vallée aluminous clays February 2010

  Montreal-based Exploration Orbite VSPA. Inc. is working towards producing alumina at its Grande-Vallée property, an aluminous clay deposit located in the Gaspe region, Quebec, Canada. The project will come as good news for alumina industry players looking for alternatives to bauxite Read More

• Minago frac sand January 2010

  Victory Nickel Inc., based in Toronto, is working towards developing a frac sand deposit that overlies the company’s nickel deposit at its Minago project in Manitoba’s Thompson Nickel Belt Read More

• St Lawrence wollastonite December 2009

  The wollastonite industry is a small world and its supply has been heavily concentrated for years, being split between a handful of producers (IM November 2009, p26: Wollastonite’s pins and needles). However, new players are vying to enter the market, such as Canadian Wollastonite which hopes to become the third producer in North America after RT Vanderbilt Co. Inc. and NYCO Minerals Inc. Read More

• Doornhoek Fluorspar Project November 2009

  Doornhoek Fluorspar Project in South Africa is believed to be one of the world’s largest and highest grade fluorspar deposits, potentially containing in excess of 50m. tonnes at an average grade exceeding 20% CaF2. Read More

• Purden Lake bentonite October 2009

  A look at Purden Lake Resource Corp.'s bentonite deposit in British Columbia, Canada Read More

• Kipawa heavy rare earths September 2009

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• Potash Legacy Project August 2009 issue

  Even though demand for potash has drastically declined since the global economy crashed in September 2008, the fertiliser mineral remains extremely popular (see IM May ’09, p56: Potash tunnel vision), meaning producers are concentrating more than ever on the expansion of their potash assets, such as Potash One Read More

• Tasmania’s Pilbara carbonates June 2009 issue

  Mineral Holdings Australia Pty Ltd (MHA), an Australian family mineral exploration company, has established what could be a new world class carbonate deposit in Tasmania, the Australian island state located 240km south of the eastern side of the continent. The company reports estimated reserves of more than 2,000m. tonnes of Precambrian crypto-crystalline (fine crystal) marblised carbonates of dolomite, dolomitic limestone, limestone and tertiary limestones, in north-west Tasmania Read More

• Sandpiper-Meob marine phosphate May issue 2009

  Bonaparte Diamond Mines NL's first project is the development of the Sandpiper-Meob marine phosphate project in Namibia, located about 60km off the Namibian cost, directly west of Meob Bay and south of Walvis Bay Read More