Scandium has favourable alloy properties that make it highly. However, production of scandium is generally associated with a by-product from waste reprocessing streams that limits current production capacity. Though the current scandium market is limited, there is significant growth potential in recreational, domestic and industrial applications. Platina Resources Limited (Platina) recently completed its definitive feasibility study for the development of a scandium-cobalt project in central NSW, Australia. It is based on one of the largest and highest-grade scandium deposits defined to date in the world, with the potential to operate well beyond normal mine planning timeframes. Therefore, social licence to operate and sustainable development aspects were considered as critical to the development planning process and commenced during the initial scoping study assessment.
CITATION: Horton, J A and Steyl, G, 2019. Implementation of sustainable mining methods for the Platina Scandium Project in NSW, in Proceedings Future Mining 2019, pp 9295 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).