Tantalum Mining
 |  Sons of Gwalia
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| | - http://www.sog.com.au/
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| | The Advanced Minerals business of Sons of Gwalia encompasses minerals whose future lies in emerging and established technological applications.These advanced metals are generally experiencing stronger growth than more traditional metals, due to the rapid improvement in materials science and the recognition the qualities of these metals in a range of established of emerging applications. Specifically, the Company produces tantalum, lithium, tin, titanium and silica sand.
The cornerstone of the Advanced Minerals business is tantalum. The Company maintains a dominant position in the tantalum industry, controlling approximately 75% of the global defined reserve base and supplying approximately 30% of global demand, from the world's two largest tantalum mines, Greenbushes and Wodgina. |
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 | Metallurg, Inc. - Nazareno
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| | - http://www.metallurg.com/
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| | Metallurg is a leading international producer and supplier of high-quality metals and metal alloys used by manufacturers of steel, aluminium, super alloys, chemicals, and other metal-consuming industries.
The company's Nazareno mine extracts and concentrates tantalum- and niobium-containing ores that are processed, along with other raw materials, into metal oxides at their Sao Joao del Rei plant. |
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 | Tantalum Mining Corporation of Canada Ltd. - Tanco Mine
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| | - http://www.cabot-corp.com/
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| | Owned by Cabot Corp, the Tanco Mine at Bernic Lake, Manitoba is a complex spodumene/tantalum-bearing pegmatite, approximately 100km northeast of Winnipeg. It is actively mined for ceramic grade Spodumene, Pollucite for the production of cesium formate, and Montebrasite as a lithium phosphate concentrate for ceramic applications. Tanco also produces Tantalite, seasonally, from the reprocessing of dump material.
The production of tantalite from Tanco slowed during the 1990's but in 2001, shipments increased to meet market demand.
For a further summary on the Tanco Mine at Bernic Lake, refer to the The Pegmatite Minerals of Bernic Lake by Dirk Schmid and Marjorie Reynolds as published in The Canadian Rockhound, 1997. |
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 | Thaisarco
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| | Thaisarco (Thailand Smelting and Refining Company Ltd.) is Thailand's largest tin exporter. Just like Nigerian Mining Corp.'s operation, Thaisarco derives its tantalum from the tin slags. |
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 | Nigerian Mining Corp.
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| | In Nigeria, large tantalite and tin concessions are held by State-owned companies such as Nigerian Mining Corp. (NMC). The Government-owned NMC extracts tantalite from a large scale tin mining operation in Jos Plateau. The company's major client is the American tantalum wire and powder producer Cabot Corporation. |
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 | Cabot Corp. - Morrua Mine
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| | - http://www.cabot-corp.com/
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| | The Morrua Mine in Mozambique is owned by Cabot Corp. and has a resource which is ready to be put into production. |
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 | Paranapanema - Pitinga Mine
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 | Yichun Tantalum-Niobium Mine
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 | Nanjing Mine
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| | China |
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 | Ethiopia Minerals Development Authority - Kenticha Mine
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| | Ethiopia |
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