MINERAL COMMODITIES ORD
Sand miners on the move but risks are high
A near doubling in the price of Iluka Resources (ASX: ILU) and a sharp upward move by Astron Corporation (ASX: ATR) has restored investor interest in titanium minerals and zircon, but before buying into one of Australia’s oldest mining industries it is worth looking at how tricky it can be. What’s driven Iluka up from […]
Mineral Commodities looks to Norway to grow its graphite portfolio
Mineral Commodities (ASX: MRC) is set to acquire the highest-grade flake graphite operation in the world after entering into an agreement with private Norwegian liability company, Leonhard Nilsen & Sønner-Eiendom. The Perth-based company informed the market today that it had entered into a share purchase agreement with the Norwegian firm to purchase Skaland Graphite, currently […]
Expandable graphite produced from Mineral Commodities’ Munglinup ore
Mineral sands miner Mineral Commodities’ (ASX: MRC) foray into graphite is proving a valuable direction for the company, with metallurgical test work revealing its Munglinup graphite concentrate can be readily processed into expandable graphite for a range of markets. Using conventional methods, Munglinup graphite flakes of 300 microns and above were increased to 400 millilitres […]
