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Baltimore Plant Ti

Plant in Baltimore City county in Maryland, 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 10243661
MAS/MILS ID 0245108001
Record type Site
Current site name Baltimore Plant Ti

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -76.53886, 39.20443 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baltimore(county)

Maryland(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Curtis Bay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gunpowder-Patapsco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Maryland Baltimore City

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Pigment Critical Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1956
Year of first production 1956
Plant type Pigment Plant
Plant subcategory Tio2 Pigment-Sulfide

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hanson Plc
    Interest 100
    Home office United Kingdom
    Year 1994
  • Type Operator
    Owner Scm Chemicals, Inc.
    Year 1994

Production statistics

  • Year 1970
    Description 25000
  • Year 1980
    Description 48000
  • Year 1987
    Description 45000
  • Year 1987
    Description 56192
  • Year 1988
    Description 44000
  • Year 1988
    Description 59875
  • Year 1989
    Description 47000
  • Year 1989
    Description 59900
  • Year 1989
    Description 45000
  • Year 1990
    Description 45000
  • Year 1990
    Description 55000
  • Year 1991
    Description Chloride Pigment Production 45000 Mtpy Pigment
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Chlorine Chlorine 45000mt
  • Year 1991
    Description Sulfate Pigment Production 54000 Mtpy Pigment
  • Year 1992
    Description Sulfate Pigment Capacity 67000 Mtpy Pigment
  • Year 1992
    Description Chloride Pigment Capacity 50000 Mtpy Pigment

Comments on the production information

  • ANATASE AND RUTILE TYPE PIGMENTS ARE PRODUCED. *ANATASE TYPE PIGMENTS ARE SOLD TO THE PAPER, CERAMICS, AND ELASTOMER INDUSTRIES. THE RUTILE TYPE IS SOLD TO THE PAINT AND INK INDUSTRIES.
  • PIGMENT GRADE ASSUMED TO BE 95%.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SULFATE AND CHLORIDE B PLANT. *COSTS ARE IN 1991 DOLLARS. 1994 ADIT UPDATE: PLANT IS TO BE EXPANDED FROM 50,000 TO 51,000 MT/YR BY FIRST QUARTER 1996. (INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. SCM ADDS TO TIO2 EXPANSIONS, DEC 1994, P. 17.)
  • FEED GRADE FOR THE SULFATE PLANT IS 82.1%, FOR THE CHLORIDE PLANT IS 91.3%. THE AVERAGE FOR THE COMPLEX IS 87.3%.

Comments on the workings information

  • WASTE SLUDGES ARE TRUCKED 1/2 MILE TO A COMPANY-OWNED LANDFILL. *WASTE ACID SECTION LABOR COSTS- $1,584,000/YR, $23.62/MT TIO2. *W.A. ARAGONITE- 234,500 MTPY, $12.80/MT, $3,002,000/YR, $44.80/MT TIO2. *W.A. LIME- 1372 MTPY, $40/MT, $55,000/YR, $0.82/MT TIO2. *W.A. MAINTENANCE- 1.5% REPLACE. COST, $480,000/YR, $7.16/MT TIO2 *W.A. ELECTRICITY- 18600 MKWH/YR, $0.05/KWH $930,000/YR, $13.88/MT TIO2. *W.A. SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL- $10/MT. *W.A. TAXES & INSURANCE- 2% REPLACE. COST, $640,000/YR, $9.55/MT TIO2. *W.A. DEPRECIATION- $22,000,000 , $1,779,000/YR, $26.56/MT TIO2. *W.A. TOTAL OPERATING COST- $8,291,000/YR, $123.74/MT TIO2. *OTHER WASTE WATER TRAETMENT LABOR- $291,000/YR, $2.48/MT TIO2. *O.W. MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE- 1011 MTPY, $300/MT, $303,000/YR, $2.59/MT TIO2, ADDED COST = $2.59/MT TIO2. *O.W. LIME- 1372 MTPY, $38/MT, $52,000/YR, $0.45/MT TIO2, ADDED COST= 0.45/MT TIO2. *O.W. HYDROCHLORIC ACID- 16 MTPY, $40/MT, $1,000/YR, $0.01/MT TIO2, ADDED COST = $0.01/MT TIO2. *O.W. SODIUM HYDROXIDE- 3640 MTPY, $350/MT, $1274,000/YR, $10.89/MT TIO2, ADDED COST = $10.89/MT TIO2. *O.W. FLOCCULANT- 11 MTPY, $8,818.40/MT, $100,000/YR, $0.85/MT TIO2, ADDED COST = $0.85/MT TIO2. *O.W. MAINTENANCE- 1.25% REPLACE. COST, $31,000/YR, $0.27/MT TIO2 ADDED COST = $0.27/MT TIO2. *O.W. ELECTRICITY- 300 MWH/YR, $0.05/KWH, $15,000/YR, $0.13/MT TIO2, ADDED COST = $0.13/MT TIO2. *O.W. PERMIT FEES- $2,000/YR, $0.02/MT TIO2, ADDED COST = $0.02/MT TIO2. *O.W. DIRECT OPERATING COST- $2,068,000/YR, $17.68/MT TIO2, ADDED COST = $15.20/MT TIO2. *O.W. TAXES & INSURANCE- 2% REPLACE. COST, $50,000/YR, $0.43/MT TIO2, ADDED COST = 0.43/MT TIO2. *O.W. DEPRECIATION- $2.50 MILLION, $143,000/YR, $1.23/MT TIO2. *O.W. TOTAL OPERATING COST- $2,262,000/YR, $19.33/MT TIO2, ADDED COST = $15.63/MT TIO2.

Comments on other economic factors

  • FEEDSTOCK CONSUMPTION: 1991- SULFATE 73548, CHLORIDE 49847; 1990- S 74910, C 49847; 1989- S 81584, C 52062; 1988- S 81550, C 48739; 1987- S 76534, C 49847. *SULFATE PLANT FEEDSTOCK: SOREL, CANADA, SLAG, 52% OF FEED, 0.7083 MT/MT TIO2, 80% GRADE, $283/MT DEL., $264/MT FOB + $15/MT FRT. + $4/MT CARTAGE, $200.45/MT TIO2; TINFOS, NORWAY, SLAG, 3% OF FEED, 0.0409 MT/MT TIO2, 74% OF FEED, $243/MT DEL, $227/MT FOB + $12/MT FTR + 4/MT CARTAGE, $9.93/MT TIO2; RB, SO AFRICA, SLAG, 45% OF FEED, 85% GRADE, 0.6130 MT/MT TIO2, $282/MT DEL., $256/MT FOB + $22/MT FRT. + $4/MT CARTAGE, $172.86/MT TIO2. *S. TOTAL FEEDSTOCK COST- $383.24/MT TIO2. *CHLORIDE PLANT FEEDSTOCK: NATURAL RUTILE, AUSTRALIA, 8.8% OF FEED, 0.0978MT/MT TIO2, 95% GRADE, $620/MT DEL., $577/MT FOB + $39/MT FRT. + $4/MT CARTAGE, $60.66/MT TIO2; NATURAL RUTILE, SIERRA LEONE, 40.6% OF FEED, 0.4499 MT/MT TIO2, 96% GRADE, $578/MT DEL., $542/MT FOB + $32/MT FRT + $4/MT CARTAGE, $260.02/MT TIO2; NATURAL RUTILE, S. AFRICA, 14.4% OF FEED, 0.1599 MT/MT TIO2, 92% GRADE, $508/MT DEL., $482/MT FOB + $22/MT FRT. + $4/MT CARTAGE, $81.22/MT TIO2; RB SLAG, S. AFRICA, 36.1% OF FEED, 0.4001 MT/MT TIO2, 85% GRADE, $283/MT DEL., $257/MT FOB + $22/MT FRT. + $4/MT CARTAGE, $113.23/MT TIO2. *C. TOTAL FEEDSTOCK COST- $515.14/MT TIO2.
  • RECORDS 001 AND 002 REFER TO SULFATE PLANT. RECORDS 003 AND 004 REFER TO CHLORIDE PLANT. *S. PLANT OVERHEAD- $70.94/MT TIO2, 80% OP. COST. *S. TAXES & INSURANCE- $64.18/MT TIO2, 2% REPLACE. COST. *S. G&A, SALES, RESEARCH- $83.93/MT TIO2, 5% PROD. COST. *S. DEPRECIATION- $475.76/MT TIO2, 8% REPLACE. COST. *C. PLANT OVERHEAD- $80.93/MT TIO2, 80% OPERATING LABOR. *C. TAXES & INSURANCE- $48.89/MT TIO2, 2% REPLACE. COST. *C. G&A, SALES, RESEARCH- $84.75/MT TIO2, 5% PROD. COST. *C. DEPRECIATION- $195.56/MT TIO2, 8% REPLACE. COST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLANT COVERS ABOUT 150 ACRES. *THE PLANT DOES NOT OWN OR OPERATE DOCKS. MATERIALS ARE SHIPPED TO A DOCK 1/2 MILE FROM THE PLANT AND TRUCKED IN. *PLANT IS SERVED BY A SPUR OF THE CSXT RR. *THERE ARE NO PERSONNEL ACCOMMODATIONS AT THE PLANT. *TARIFFS ON PIGMENT IS 0-5% OF IMPORT VALUE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-1996 Kraemer, Sandra R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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