Manganese and magnetite both derive their names from the "Magnesia" region in modern day Greece. In ancient times. the two black minerals were called "magnes." Today, both minerals are used extensively in a variety of industries including water treatment, coal washing, and alkaline battery manufacturing.
Industrial
Prince Minerals provides minerals to a wide range of industrial markets, including fusion, friction, rubber, smelter, mining and battery applications. Industrial minerals include various grades of Manganese, Iron Pyrites, Calcined and Dead Burnt Magnesites, Zircon Sand and Flour, Magnetite, Iron Chromite and a number of specialty blends.
Prince Minerals Limited, based in Stoke-on-Trent, UK, offers the following raw material solutions for the following niche industrial markets.
| Minerals | Products |
|---|---|
| Cryolite | Alumina Products |
| Dolomite | Brickox® |
| Feldspar | Calcined Bauxite |
| High Purity Silica | CBN Bonds |
| Ilmenite | Ceramic Bonds |
| Iron Chromite | Chrome Sand/Flour |
| Iron Oxides (various colors) | Chromox® |
| Iron Pyrites | Cobalt Aluminate |
| Magnesite, Calcined & Dead-Burned | Cupric Oxide |
| Magnetite | Diamond Bonds |
| Manganese | Glass Lubricants |
| Manganous Oxide | Graded Quartz |
| Olivine | Heavy Media Coal Separation |
| Perlite | PyriteMAX™ |
| Rutile | Silica Sand/Flour |
| Spodumene | ZirCAST™ |
| Zircon | Zircon Sand/Flour |