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THE WIM150 MINERAL SANDS PROJECT 31-Jul-2013 At 7:43:01 PM re77

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the blasé and misinformed comments above are a sad reflection of a species beyond hope.

zircon has nothing to do with titanium and in fact is most commonly used by glass and ceramic companies as refractory material.

the lack of concern for this proposed project is astonishing. This project will clearly impact the northern grampians region.

from http://www.auzircon.com.au/wim150-project/

"Operations would be 24 hours per day, 7 days per week"

"It is anticipated that the main access road to the mine site could extend from the Western Highway, near the intersection with Flat Rock Road. Access roads would be used by mine construction and operations staff, contractors and delivery personnel and drivers of trucks."

"Mined ore is anticipated to be transported to a relocatable mining unit plant located adjacent to the open pit where the ore would be screened and slurried. The ore slurry would then be pumped to a wet concentrator plant, where it would be separated into sand, clay/silt and heavy mineral concentrate. Heavy mineral concentrate would then be transferred to a mineral separation plant (also at the process plant site) for processing to final products."

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/29890-how-do-they-do-it-zircon-processing-video.htm