Firefighters on Saturday extinguished an excavator fire at the diatomaceous earth mine in Lompoc, according to Capt. David Sadecki of the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.

Celite Corp., which mines and processes diatomaceous earth in the hills south of Lompoc, has announced Ba reduction in force of approximately 20 employeesC locally, a company spokesman confirmed ...

A major Lompoc employer, Celite World Minerals Inc., has been sold for ,217 million to Imerys US Inc., a subsidiary of the French company Imerys S.A.

One of these community partners, Celite/World Minerals Inc., has donated three new and unique pieces of cardiovascular fitness equipment that benefits exercisers of all ages and abilities.