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Ipoh, Ilmenite Plant, Malaysia

Occurrence in Perak, Malaysia with commodity Titanium, Metal
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079693
MRDS ID W029782
Record type Site
Current site name Ipoh, Ilmenite Plant, Malaysia
Alternate or previous names Lahat

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 101.03312, 4.60113 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Perak(province)

Malaysia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Malaysia Perak

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 101.03312, 4.60113
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tasek, Industrial Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Malaysian Titanium Corp. Sdn. Bhd. (Mtcb)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Straits Trading (30 %)

Comments on the production information

  • THE COMPANY ESTIMATE THAT 17,000 TPY OF ILMENITE WILL BE PROCESSED IN 1976, INCREASE TO 50,000 TPY IN 1977 AND 60,000 TPY IN 1979.

Comments on development

  • MTC IS A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN PERNAS (40 %), EMPAT NOMBOR EKOR (30 %) AND MALAYAN TIN SMELTING AND FINANCE COMPANY. ; ECON.COM: THE COMPANY'S PRODUCT IS MANUFACTURED UNDER LICENCE FROM BENELITE CORP. AND IS MARKETED UNDER THE TRADE NAME "BENELITE"

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN, MAY 15, 1975, P.25

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, 1/1974, P.58

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MAIN SOURCE OF SUPPLY FOR THE TITANIUM CONCENTRATES WILL BE THE TIN TAILINGS FROM STRAITS SMELTER WHICH CONTAIN ECONOMIC ILMENITE VALUES. THE PLANT IS DUE TO BEGIN OPERATIONS EARLY IN 1976 WITH AN AVISAGE CAPACITY OF OVER 100,000 TPY ILMENITE. A WOODDALL-DUCKHAM TWIN STREAM SPRAY ROASTER PROCESS WILL BE USED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Saam, Henning G. U.S. Geological Survey

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