Corporate Body
Zircon Rutile Ltd ( - 1957)
- From
- Australia
- To
- 1957
- Functions
- Metallurgy and Mineralogy or mining
Summary
Zircon Rutile Ltd was a processor of mineral sands from areas including Byron Bay. They used selective flotation to isolate zircon from a mixture of rutile, ilmenite, monazite, garnet and quartz. According to deListed the company was taken over by ZR Holdings Limited in 1957. Yet according to byron-bay.com "The company, Zircon Rutile Ltd returned in the 1960's to re-work the sand with more refined extraction techniques. The plant was in Jonson Street where the Plaza shopping centre now stands."
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Published resources
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477002. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_z.html. Details
Created: 24 September 2001, Last modified: 11 April 2016
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