As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10, 2003
                                                           Registration No. 333-

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                    Under the
                             Securities Act of 1933

                          ALTAIR NANOTECHNOLOGIES INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                 Canada                                      None
    (State or other jurisdiction of                    (I.R.S. Employer
     incorporation or organization)                  Identification No.)


                         1725 Sheridan Avenue, Suite 140
                               Cody, Wyoming 82414
                            Telephone: (307) 587-8245
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices,
                               including Zip Code)

           Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. 2002 Wage Stock Purchase Plan

                            (Full title of the plan)

              William P. Long                            Copy to:
          Chief Executive Officer                     Bryan T. Allen
        Altair Nanotechnologies Inc.                 Stoel Rives, LLP
      1725 Sheridan Avenue, Suite 140       201 South Main Street, Suite 1100
            Cody, Wyoming 82414                 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
               (307) 587-8245                         (801) 578-6908
   (Name, address and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)

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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

=======================================================================================================================
                                                           Proposed Maximum
                                          Amount to be      Offering Price      Proposed Maximum         Amount of
 Title of Securities to be Registered    Registered(1)       per Share(2)      Aggregate Offering       Registration
                                                                                    Price(2)               Fee(2)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<S>                                         <C>                 <C>                 <C>                     <C>
Common Shares, without par value            500,000             $0.40               $200,000                $18
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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(1)      This  Registration  Statement  shall also cover any  additional  common
         shares which become issuable under the 2002 Wage Stock Purchase Plan by
         reason of any stock dividend,  stock split,  recapitalization  or other
         similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which
         results in an increase in the number of  outstanding  common  shares of
         Altair Nanotechnologies Inc.

(2)      Calculated  solely for purposes of this  offering  under Rule 457(h) of
         the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  on the basis of the average of
         the high and low price  per  common  shares of Altair  Nanotechnologies
         Inc. as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on April 4, 2003.


                                       1

<PAGE>


Explanatory Note.
-----------------

         On September 3, 2002, the Registrant filed a Registration  Statement on
Form S-8 for the Registrant 2002 Wage Stock Purchase Plan,  Registration  Number
333-99099 (the "Old  Registration  Statement").  The Old Registration  Statement
related to 500,000 common shares of Registrant  subject to the  Registrant  2002
Wage Stock  Purchase Plan (the "Plan").  Except as  supplemented  and superseded
hereby,  the contents of the Old  Registration  Statement  are  incorporated  by
reference herein. On March 24, 2003, the Plan was amended to increase the number
of common  shares of  Registrant  authorized  for  issuance  under the Plan from
500,000 shares to 1,000,000 shares (the "Amendment").

         Consistent  with General  Instruction E. on Form S-8, the Registrant is
filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "New Registration Statement)
for  the  purpose  of  registering  the  additional  500,000  common  shares  of
Registrant issuable under the Plan in accordance with the Amendment.

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
         ---------------------------------------

         The  following  documents  filed by Altair  Nanotechnologies  Inc. (the
"Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

         (1)      The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
                  December 31, 2002 filed with the SEC on March 17, 2003.

         (2)      The   description  of  the  Common  Stock   contained  in  the
                  Registrant's  registration  statement on Form 10-SB,  File No.
                  0-24372,  as amended by the  Current  Report on Form 8-K filed
                  with the SEC on July 18, 2002.

         In  addition,  all  documents  subsequently  filed  by  the  Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act
of  1934,  as  amended  (the  "Exchange   Act"),   prior  to  the  filing  of  a
post-effective  amendment which indicates that all securities  offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,  shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration  Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.  Any statement  contained in a
document  incorporated  by  reference  herein  shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement  contained  herein
(or in any other  subsequently  filed  document  which also is  incorporated  by
reference  herein)  modifies or  supersedes  such  statement.  Any  statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof except as
so modified or superseded.

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Item 8.  Exhibits.
-----------------


  Exhibit No.                     Description                                 Incorporated by Reference/
                                                                        Filed Herewith (and Sequential Page #)
----------------    ----------------------------------------    -------------------------------------------------------

<S>         <C>                                                 <C>
                                                                Incorporated by reference to Registration Statement
            4.1                                                 on Form 10-SB filed with the Commission on November
                    Form of Common Stock Certificate            25, 1996, File No. 1-12497.

                    Amended and Restated Shareholder
                    Rights Plan dated October 15,  1999,        Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current
            4.2     between the Registrant and Equity           Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
                    Transfer Services, Inc.                     November 19, 1999, File No. 1-12497.

                                                                Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's
            4.3     2002 Wage Stock Purchase Plan               Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the
                                                                Commission on September 3, 2002, File No. 333-99099.

                    Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant 2002
            4.4     Wage Stock Purchase Plan                    Filed herewith

              5     Opinion of Goodman and Carr LLP             Filed herewith

           23.1     Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP            Filed herewith

           23.2     Consent of Goodman and Carr LLP             Included in Exhibit No. 5.

             24     Powers of Attorney                          Included on page 4 hereof
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<PAGE>



                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the City of Cody,  State of  Wyoming  on this 9th day of  April,
2003.

                          ALTAIR NANOTECHNOLOGIES INC.


                   By     /s/ William P. Long
                      --------------------------------------------------

                              William P. Long, Chief Executive Officer



                   ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities  and on the dates  indicated.  Each person  whose  signature  to this
Registration  Statement appears below hereby constitutes and appoints William P.
Long  and  Edward  H.  Dickinson,  and each of  them,  as his  true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with full power of  substitution,  to sign on his
behalf  individually  and in the  capacity  stated below and to perform any acts
necessary  to be done  in  order  to  file  all  amendments  and  post-effective
amendments  to this  Registration  Statement,  and any  and all  instruments  or
documents filed as part of or in connection with this Registration  Statement or
the  amendments  thereto  and each of the  undersigned  does  hereby  ratify and
confirm all that said  attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitutes,  shall do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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         Signature                                            Title                                              Date
         ---------                                            -----                                              ----

<S>                                         <C>                                                              <C>
 /s/ William P. Long                        Chief Executive Officer and Director                             April 9, 2003
------------------------------------
     William P. Long                       (Principal Executive Officer and authorized
                                            representative of the Registrant in the United States)


 /s/ Edward H. Dickinson                    Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, and Director                 April 9, 2003
---------------------------
     Edward H. Dickinson                   (Principal Financial Officer and Principal
                                            Accounting Officer)

/s/ James I. Golla                          Director                                                         April 9, 2003
------------------------------------
    James I. Golla


                                            Director
------------------------------------
    George E. Hartman


/s/ Robert Sheldon                          Director                                                         April 9, 2003
------------------------------------
    Robert Sheldon
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10, 2003
                                                           Registration No. 333-

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                    Under the
                             Securities Act of 1933

                          ALTAIR NANOTECHNOLOGIES INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                 Canada                                      None
    (State or other jurisdiction of                    (I.R.S. Employer
     incorporation or organization)                  Identification No.)

                         1725 Sheridan Avenue, Suite 140
                               Cody, Wyoming 82414
                            Telephone: (307) 587-8245
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices,
                               including Zip Code)

           Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. 2002 Wage Stock Purchase Plan

                            (Full title of the plan)

              William P. Long                            Copy to:
          Chief Executive Officer                     Bryan T. Allen
        Altair Nanotechnologies Inc.                 Stoel Rives, LLP
      1725 Sheridan Avenue, Suite 140       201 South Main Street, Suite 1100
            Cody, Wyoming 82414                 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
               (307) 587-8245                         (801) 578-6908
   (Name, address and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

=======================================================================================================================
                                                           Proposed Maximum
                                          Amount to be      Offering Price      Proposed Maximum         Amount of
 Title of Securities to be Registered    Registered(1)       per Share(2)      Aggregate Offering       Registration
                                                                                    Price(2)               Fee(2)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Shares, without par value            500,000             $0.40               $200,000                $18
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1)      This  Registration  Statement  shall also cover any  additional  common
         shares which become issuable under the 2002 Wage Stock Purchase Plan by
         reason of any stock dividend,  stock split,  recapitalization  or other
         similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which
         results in an increase in the number of  outstanding  common  shares of
         Altair Nanotechnologies Inc.

(2)      Calculated  solely for purposes of this  offering  under Rule 457(h) of
         the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  on the basis of the average of
         the high and low price  per  common  shares of Altair  Nanotechnologies
         Inc. as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on April 4, 2003.

                                       1
Explanatory Note.
-----------------

         On September 3, 2002, the Registrant filed a Registration  Statement on
Form S-8 for the Registrant 2002 Wage Stock Purchase Plan,  Registration  Number
333-99099 (the "Old  Registration  Statement").  The Old Registration  Statement
related to 500,000 common shares of Registrant  subject to the  Registrant  2002
Wage Stock  Purchase Plan (the "Plan").  Except as  supplemented  and superseded
hereby,  the contents of the Old  Registration  Statement  are  incorporated  by
reference herein. On March 24, 2003, the Plan was amended to increase the number
of common  shares of  Registrant  authorized  for  issuance  under the Plan from
500,000 shares to 1,000,000 shares (the "Amendment").

         Consistent  with General  Instruction E. on Form S-8, the Registrant is
filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "New Registration Statement)
for  the  purpose  of  registering  the  additional  500,000  common  shares  of
Registrant issuable under the Plan in accordance with the Amendment.

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
         ---------------------------------------

         The  following  documents  filed by Altair  Nanotechnologies  Inc. (the
"Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

         (1)      The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
                  December 31, 2002 filed with the SEC on March 17, 2003.

         (2)      The   description  of  the  Common  Stock   contained  in  the
                  Registrant's  registration  statement on Form 10-SB,  File No.
                  0-24372,  as amended by the  Current  Report on Form 8-K filed
                  with the SEC on July 18, 2002.

         In  addition,  all  documents  subsequently  filed  by  the  Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act
of  1934,  as  amended  (the  "Exchange   Act"),   prior  to  the  filing  of  a
post-effective  amendment which indicates that all securities  offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,  shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration  Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.  Any statement  contained in a
document  incorporated  by  reference  herein  shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement  contained  herein
(or in any other  subsequently  filed  document  which also is  incorporated  by
reference  herein)  modifies or  supersedes  such  statement.  Any  statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof except as
so modified or superseded.
Item 8.  Exhibits.
-----------------

  Exhibit No.                     Description                                 Incorporated by Reference/
                                                                        Filed Herewith (and Sequential Page #)
----------------    ----------------------------------------    -------------------------------------------------------
Incorporated by reference to Registration Statement
            4.1                                                 on Form 10-SB filed with the Commission on November
                    Form of Common Stock Certificate            25, 1996, File No. 1-12497.

                    Amended and Restated Shareholder
                    Rights Plan dated October 15,  1999,        Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current
            4.2     between the Registrant and Equity           Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
                    Transfer Services, Inc.                     November 19, 1999, File No. 1-12497.

                                                                Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's
            4.3     2002 Wage Stock Purchase Plan               Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the
                                                                Commission on September 3, 2002, File No. 333-99099.

                    Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant 2002
            4.4     Wage Stock Purchase Plan                    Filed herewith

              5     Opinion of Goodman and Carr LLP             Filed herewith

           23.1     Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP            Filed herewith

           23.2     Consent of Goodman and Carr LLP             Included in Exhibit No. 5.

             24     Powers of Attorney                          Included on page 4 hereof
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SIGNATURES

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the City of Cody,  State of  Wyoming  on this 9th day of  April,
2003.

                          ALTAIR NANOTECHNOLOGIES INC.

                   By     /s/ William P. Long
                      --------------------------------------------------

                              William P. Long, Chief Executive Officer

                   ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities  and on the dates  indicated.  Each person  whose  signature  to this
Registration  Statement appears below hereby constitutes and appoints William P.
Long  and  Edward  H.  Dickinson,  and each of  them,  as his  true  and  lawful
attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with full power of  substitution,  to sign on his
behalf  individually  and in the  capacity  stated below and to perform any acts
necessary  to be done  in  order  to  file  all  amendments  and  post-effective
amendments  to this  Registration  Statement,  and any  and all  instruments  or
documents filed as part of or in connection with this Registration  Statement or
the  amendments  thereto  and each of the  undersigned  does  hereby  ratify and
confirm all that said  attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitutes,  shall do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Signature                                            Title                                              Date
         ---------                                            -----                                              ----
/s/ William P. Long                        Chief Executive Officer and Director                             April 9, 2003
------------------------------------
     William P. Long                       (Principal Executive Officer and authorized
                                            representative of the Registrant in the United States)

 /s/ Edward H. Dickinson                    Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, and Director                 April 9, 2003
---------------------------
     Edward H. Dickinson                   (Principal Financial Officer and Principal
                                            Accounting Officer)

/s/ James I. Golla                          Director                                                         April 9, 2003
------------------------------------
    James I. Golla

                                            Director
------------------------------------
    George E. Hartman

/s/ Robert Sheldon                          Director                                                         April 9, 2003
------------------------------------
    Robert Sheldon
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