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• n  a brownish-black mineral; the major source of chromium

• Already the nation can produce most of its own chromite and tantalum (crucially important in a secret war job).
• His experts know of promising copper sites in eight States, lead in seven, zinc in twelve, chromite in four, and Alaska iron in 14.
• But it was never worked, because its chromite was mixed with too much iron ore.

News & Articles

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• Cliffs Temporarily Halts Chromite Project
  Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. has announced that it is temporarily suspending the environmental assessment activities for its Chromite Project in the "Ring of Fire" region of Northern Ontario ...
  June 13, 2013 - Zacks via Yahoo! Finance
• Cliffs Temporarily Halts Chromite Project - Analyst Blog
  Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. ( CLF ) has announced that it is temporarily suspending the environmental assessment activities for its Chromite Project in the "Ring of Fire" region
  June 13, 2013 - Nasdaq
• Cliffs Natural Resources Temporarily Suspends its Chromite Project Environmental Assessment Activities Pending ...
  Cliffs Natural Resources Temporarily Suspends its Chromite Project Environmental Assessment Activities Pending Resolution of Various Issues
  June 12, 2013 - CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Ashraf Ghani in The Associated Press
  A former Afghan finance minister, Ashraf Ghani, wrote in a recent column for a London newspaper: "Afghanistan is rich in minerals including copper, iron, marble, chromite, manganese and emeralds. With good governance in place, these assets can...
• Dwight Duncan in BusinessWeek
  One of the most exciting opportunities for all of Ontario is the so-called Ring of Fire, where they've found enormous deposits of chromite,Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan said in a March 29 speech.