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Iluka hits up Pentium for drilling

AUSTRALIAN drilling contractor Pentium will have to lease or purchase rigs to meet demand, after scoring a lucrative deal from mineral sands producer Iluka Resources.

 Iluka's Cataby Mine site.

Iluka's Cataby Mine site.

  Iluka has contracted Vysarn subsidiary Pentium Hydro for drilling work at its Cataby mine in Western Australia. Vysarn said it had been awarded a contract worth A$1.74 million to provide drilling...

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