Chromite ore is piled up at the Mughulkhil mine in Logar province, Afghanistan. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times) Advertisement. Three years after the United States invaded in 2001, the U.S ...

Cliffs Natural Resources says it plans to build a $1.8-billion chromite processing facility in Capreol, north of Sudbury, that will employ hundreds of people.

Then 20 years ago, Oregon Resources showed up on the South Coast, looking to mine high-grade chromite ore. Industrial Minerals Corporation LTD., based in Australia, founded Oregon Resources in 1989, ...

Use of donkeys for hauling the ore from underground is still in practice. The haulage machinery is also used. “The local mine owners deem it cost-effective to use donkeys instead of machinery.

Chromite would be a welcome diversion. Cliffs' iron ore and metallurgical coal operations are under severe pressure as sales volumes collapsed for the former and pricing tumbled for the latter ...

The Public Authority for Mining (PAM) is weighing a decision to either renew or cancel dozens of chromite mining licenses that have remained “inactive” for inordinately long periods of time without ...

JAJPUR: Five persons were arrested by Panikoili police on charges of smuggling chromite ore on Tuesday. Of the five, four are employees of Rohit Ferro-Tec Limited, a steel plant in Kalin ...

BHUBANESWAR: Expressing concern over the depleting reserves of the country’s chromite ore which may not last for more than 20 years, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has demanded an immediate ban ...

Chromite is a mineral that gives stainless steel its shine. ... Cliffs Natural Resources, the largest North American iron-ore producer, ...

It lacks the obvious allure of gold, but chromite is vying to become the next hot metal in Canada. A major U.S. mining company is jumping in to the action in Northern Ontario with plans to build ...

By Syed Fazl-e-Haider. Chromite is the source of chromium used commercially and as an alloying element plays an important role in metallurgy. Balochistan is endowed with huge reserves of chromite.