Major New Brunswick tungsten mine gets federal environmental approval – Canadian Manufacturing
The $579 million project will create hundreds of jobs and become North America’s only mine for tungsten, a metal used in X-ray tubes and smartphones
FREDERICTON—A major New Brunswick mining project—tapping into one of North America’s largest deposits of tungsten—has received federal environmental assessment approval.
The Sisson Mine project would see the development of an open pit tungsten and molybdenum mine near Stanley, about 60 kilometres northwest of Fredericton.
It would be the only mine in North America for tungsten, which is used in X-ray tubes and smartphone screens.
Right now, China dominates the global tungsten market.
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