Fredrikstad Plant Ti

Plant in Ostfold, Norway with commodity Titanium, Pigment
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  9. Production statistics
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133986
MAS/MILS ID 4030298001
Record type Site
Current site name Fredrikstad Plant Ti

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 8.96949, 59.2321 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ostfold(province)

Norway(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Norway Ostfold

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Pigment Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 8.96949, 59.2321

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1966
Year of first production 1966
Plant type Pigment Plant
Plant subcategory Tio2 Pigment-Sulfide

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nl Industries
    Interest 100
    Home office Norway
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Kronos Titan
    Home office Norway
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1966
    Description 15000
  • Year 1987
    Description 30000
  • Year 1992
    Description Pigment Capacity 30000 Mtpy Pigment

Comments on the production information

  • ANATASE AND RUTILE PIGMENTS ARE PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SULFATE PLANT.
  • FEED GRADE ASSUMED TO BE 45%.

Comments on other economic factors

  • FEEDSTOCK: ILMENITE, 100% OF FEED, TELLNES, NORWAY.
  • SULFURIC ACID- PURCHASED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SRI NTERNATIONAL INTERVIEWS WITH KRONOS TITAN (1989).

  • Deposit

    DAGEN NAERINGSLIV, APRIL 1991.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-SEP-94 Kraemer, Sandra R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.