Some of Ontario’s industrial minerals could find new uses as substitutes for foreign-produced materials in the manufacture of china tableware, a recent study has concluded.
The study, entitled Fine China: Trials with Ontario Minerals, was done for the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines by Dennis Salt Consultants. It examined the possibility of using Ontario-produced silica, kaolin, rock phosphate and nepheline syenite as substitutes for materials now used in the manufacture of china tableware and giftware.
“This study points to another possible opportunity for the private sector to develop and utilize our mineral resources to the greatest advantage,” said Mines Minister Sean Conway.
Ontario is an established producer of ceramic-grade silica and the western world’s leading producer of nepheline syenite. The province also has promising resources of kaolin and rock phosphate in northern Ontario.
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