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New Johnsonville Plant Ti

Plant in Humphreys county in Tennessee, United States with commodity Titanium, Pigment
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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. Ownership information
  9. Production statistics
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10202473
MAS/MILS ID 0470858001
Record type Site
Current site name New Johnsonville Plant Ti

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -87.94723, 36.01289 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humphreys(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johnsonville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dickson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nashville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kentucky Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Humphreys

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Pigment Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) Fort Payne Formation and Chattanooga Shale
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1959
Year of first production 1959
Plant type Pigment Plant
Plant subcategory Tio2 Pigment-Chloride

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner E. I. Dupont Nemours And Co., Inc.
    Interest 100
    Year 1991

Production statistics

  • Year 1959
    Description 41000
  • Year 1987
    Description 229000
  • Year 1988
    Description 265000
  • Year 1988
    Description 250000
  • Year 1989
    Description 289000
  • Year 1990
    Description 285000
  • Year 1991
    Description Pigment Production 290000 Mtpy Pigment
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium, Pigment Mineral Pigments 290000mt
  • Year 1992
    Description Pigment Capacity 295000 Mtpy Pigment
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium, Pigment Mineral Pigments 295000mt

Comments on the production information

  • IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE PIGMENT GRADE IS 93%.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CHLORIDE C PROCESS PLANT. COSTS ARE IN 1991 DOLLARS.

Comments on other economic factors

  • FEEDSTOCK CONSUMPTION: 1991- ILMENITE 135,778 MTPY, SLAGS 246,239 MTPY, OTHER 7482 MTPY; 1990- I 133427, S 241994, O 7535, 1989- I 135310, S 245390, O 7456; 1988- I 124073, S 225012, O 6837; 1987- I 107218, S 194444, O 5908. *FEEDSTOCK- SECONDARY ILMENITE, SIERRA LEONE, 11.6% OF FEED, 0.1557 MT/MT TIO2, 0.0981 TIO2, 63% GRADE, $109/MT DEL., $72/MT FOB + $37/MT FRT., $16.97/MT TIO2; SECONDARY ILMENITE, FLORIDA, 23.3% OF FEED, 0.3125 MT/MT TIO2, 0.2125 TIO2, 68% GRADE, $91/MT DEL., $75/MT FOB + 16/MT FRT., $28.44/MT TIO2; SLAG, RBM, SO. AFRICA, 60.6% OF FEED, 0.8138 MT/MT TIO2, 0.6917 TIO2, 85% GRADE, $326/MT DEL., $284/MT FOB + $42/MT FRT., $265.30/MT TIO2; SLAG, SOREL, QIT, CANADA, 2.6% OF FEED, 0.0353/MT TIO2, 0.0283 TIO2, 80% GRADE, $290/MT DEL., $267/MT FOB + $23/MT FRT., $10.24/MT TIO2; NATURAL RUTILE, RBM, SO. AFRICA, 1.9% OF FEED, 0.0258 MT/MT TIO2, 0.0237 TIO2, 92% GRADE, $492/MT DEL., $450/MT FOB + $42/MT FRT., 12.69/MT TIO2. *TOTAL FEEDSTOCK COST- $333.64/MT TIO2.
  • PLANT OVERHEAD- $23.26/MT TIO2, 80% OP. LABOR. *TAXES & INSURANCE- $52.88/MT TIO2, 2%/YR REPLACE. COST. *G&A, SALES, RESEARCH- $126.86/MT TIO2, 10% PROD. COST. *DEPRECIATION- $211.53/MT TIO2, 8% REPLACE. COST. *TARIFFS ON PIGMENT IS 0-5% OF IMPORT VALUE.
  • FLOW CHART: FEED-CHLORINATORS-SEPARATORS-PURIFIERS-OXIDIZERS- SEPARATORS-FINISHING. *REPLACEMENT COST- $780,000,000. *LABOR COST- $121.95/MT TIO2. *CHLORINE- PPG, $44.09/MT, $17.20/MT TIO2, 0.39 MT CL/MT TIO2. *COKE- CONOCO, $125/MT, $48.75/MT TIO2, 0.39 MT COKE/MT TIO2. *ALUMINUM- $1556/MT, $8.71/MT TIO2, 0.0056 MT AL/MT TIO2. *SCRUB SOLIDS- SALT, $25/MT, $5/MT TIO2, 0.2 MT SALT/MT TIO2. *SEPARATED AIR- LIND AIR PRODUCTS: O2- $1.47/MSCF, $20.58/MT TIO2, 14 MSCF/MT TIO2; N2- $0.76/MSCF, $21.28/MT TIO2, 28 MSCF/MT TIO2. *FINISHING CHEMICALS- $104/MT TIO2. *MAINTENANCE MATERIALS- $66.10/MT TIO2, 2.5% REPLACE. COST. *STEAM- ONSITE GENERATION, $3.80/MLB, $31.54/MT TIO2, 8.3 MLB/MT TIO2. *ELECTRICITY- TVA, TN, $0.033/KWH, $20.79/MT TIO2, 630 KWH/MT TIO *FUEL OIL- $0.57/GAL., $31.86/MT TIO2, 55.9 GAL/MT TIO2. *PROCESS WATER- $0.47/MGAL, $12.22/MT TIO2, 29 MGAL/MT TIO2, TENNESSEE RIVER. *COOLING WATER- TENNESSEE RIVER, $0.05/MGAL, $2.48/MT TIO2, 49.5 MGAL/MT TIO2. *POLLUTION CONTROL- $8.02/MT TIO2. *OPERATION COST- $854.12/MT TIO2. *PRODUCTION COST- $1268.65/MT TIO2.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROCHURES FROM TENN. DEPT. OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY

  • Deposit

    DEVELOPMENT.

  • Deposit

    REGIONAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

  • Deposit

    FILES FROM TENN. DEPT. OF CONSERVATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1200 ACRES AROUND THE PLANT ARE OWNED. PLANT COVERS ABOUT 100 ACRES. *PLANT IS SERVED BY A SPUR OF THE CSXT RR. *THERE ARE NO ACCOMMMODATIONS FOR PERSONNEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-OCT-1996 Kraemer, Sandra R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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