Mining Magazine October 2014 | Page 100

GRAND COTE OPERATIONS
Dredge Launch
Dredge Launch
“ Every time you introduce a new product , customers need to get used to that and we ’ ve sent some trial parcels to various places like China and North America over the past year ,” the CEO explained . “ We have seen acceptance of the products on a trial basis and we hope to do long term business with them , on ilmenite especially . From a zircon perspective we already have some long term partnerships in place .” There will inevitably be a period of time now while prospective customers assess the products coming out of Grande Côte but there is likely to always be a product among the range which is performing well to ensure the
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