1912

Queen's University metallurgist H.T. Kalmus develops a process for creating cobalt metals at the Deloro lab. In the United States, Elwood Haynes creates stellite, a new alloy of cobalt, chromium and tungsten. The Deloro plant is given the Canadian patent for stellite, and rights to markets in parts of Europe in exchange for a supply of cobalt metal for American production.

1913

A spur line from Marmora Station on the Central Ontario Railway is run into the Deloro plant.

1914-18

World War I causes boost of production in stellite.

1916

Deloro Mining and Reduction Company is renamed the Deloro Smelting and Refining Company Limited.

1917

New metals building is erected (largely for the production of stellite).

Producing Insecticides (1918 - 1920)

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