Latest Rutile Stories

White Mountain Receives Progress Report on Titanium Metal Test Work SANTIAGO, Chile, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- White Mountain Titanium Corporation ("White Mountain" or the "Company") (OTCQB Markets: WMTM- News) reports that as a result of regional exploration carried out in January, 2013, a new rutile prospect named La Martina has been discovered and staked in the Atacama, or Region III, geographic region of northern Chile. The La Martina discovery was made on the basis of...

AlphaGalileo Foundation Researchers can use the mineral rutile to learn about rock types and their history. Two articles published in the highly respected journal “Geology” now present a new application of a method for more easily tracing the mineral rutile. The co-authors of the articles are researchers at the University of Gothenburg. Rutile is used in ceramics and paints, but is particularly useful for finding out about the history of a rock. Where mineral deposits are found,...

White Mountain Receives Progress Report on Titanium Metal Test Work SANTIAGO, Chile, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- White Mountain Titanium Corporation ("White Mountain" or the "Company") (OTCQB Markets: WMTM) reports that, further to its Press Release of 27 February 2013 which stated that the Cerro Blanco Environmental Impact Study ("EIS") had been presented to the Chilean Environmental Authority, Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental ("SEA"), the link to the full EIS is now available...

SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- White Mountain Titanium Corporation ("White Mountain" or the "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: WMTM - News) reports that Dr. Daniel Jewell, main post-Doctoral researcher from Chinuka, won the Best Paper Prize at Titanium 2012, Atlanta, Georgia for his paper "The Chinuka Process: Electroextraction-refining". The Chinuka Process (the "Process") was invented at the University of Cambridge in 2005 and allows impure metal oxides to be reduced...

SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- White Mountain Titanium Corporation ("White Mountain" or the "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: WMTM) reports that it has entered into its second off-take agreement with a major international pigment producer for the supply of natural rutile concentrate from the Cerro Blanco project. Under the agreement, the pigment producer has agreed to purchase 10,000 tonnes per annum of White Mountain's standard grade, natural rutile concentrate...

SANTIAGO, Chile, Aug. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- White Mountain Titanium Corporation ("White Mountain" or the "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: WMTM) reports that further to News Releases of June 29 and July 9, 2012 and following a meeting of the Company's Board of Directors, White Mountain has terminated the Letter of Intent ("LOI") with Hyundai Welding Co., Ltd. ("Hyundai Welding") and Korea Resources Corporation ("KORES"). The Company terminated the LOI as Hyundai Welding and KORES...

SANTIAGO, Chile, July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- White Mountain Titanium Corporation ("White Mountain" or the "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: WMTM) reports that further to the News Release of May 31, 2012, the Company has now received initial analytical results from a surface rock sampling program carried out on three new rutile target areas and one of four known prospects. Samples were submitted for whole rock analysis using XRF and results are set out below. Target 1 Hippo...

STAMFORD, Conn., July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tronox Limited (NYSE: TROX), a global leader in the titanium products industry, today issued commentary regarding its minerals sands business in response to a recent negative market assessment issued by a competitor that the company feels may be being inaccurately associated with its business operations and market position. Tom Casey, Tronox chairman and chief executive officer, said: "Yesterday's decline in stock price...

TZ Minerals International (TZMI) is pleased to announce the release of the inaugural edition of the TiO2 Feedstock Annual Review. (PRWEB) July 01, 2012 TZ Minerals International (TZMI) is pleased to announce the release of the inaugural edition of the TiO2 Feedstock Annual Review. Due to the depth of information, growth of each sector and client feedback, TZMI has replaced the well known Mineral Sands Annual Review with a suite of four reports providing a more comprehensive analysis of...

SANTIAGO, Chile, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- White Mountain Titanium Corporation ("White Mountain" or the "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: WMTM - News) reports that as a result of a ground, geophysical magnetic survey carried out on the Cerro Blanco property in March, 2012, three new rutile target prospects have been identified. The survey was contracted out to Santiago-based geophysical specialist consultancy Geodatos and tested the magnetic susceptibility of rock within a surveyed...