An industrial mineral background paper exploring the development potential for manufacturing synthetic industrial minerals in Ontario was recently released by the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines.
According to the ministry, the paper, “Synthetic Minerals: Potential Minerals from Ontario Resources,” investigates the technical and economic competitiveness of five synthetic minerals — wollastonite, diopside, mayenite, xonotlite and olivine — and their natural counterparts. Mineral characteristics, market and usage trends, sales and growth projections, synthetic and manufacturing processes and a comparative analysis of the selected minerals are investigated.
The paper, written by F.J. Brodmann and Co., Alsobrook and Co. and ORTECH International, was funded by the 5-year Canada-Ontario Mineral Development Agreement (COMDA), which expired in 1990.
The two levels of government recently completed negotiations for a successor to COMDA. The new 4-year agreement (T.N.M., Nov. 11/91), known as the Northern Ontario Development Agreement (NODA), will collectively provide funding of $95 million for the mining, forestry and tourism sectors. Under NODA, mining will receive $30 million, the same amount provided through COMDA.
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