Telok Kalong Plant Ti

Plant in Malaysia 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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256081
MAS/MILS ID 5570108001
Record type Site
Current site name Telok Kalong Plant Ti

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 103.14974, 5.28436 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malaysia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Malaysia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Pigment Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 103.14974, 5.28436

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1991
Year of first production 1992
Plant type Pigment Plant
Plant subcategory Tio2 Pigment-Sulfide

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Imperial Chemical Industries Plc (Ici)
    Interest 100
    Home office Malaysia
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Tioxide Group Plc
    Home office Malaysia
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1992
    Description Pigment Capacity 50000 Mtpy Pigment
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium, Pigment Mineral Pigments 50000mt

Comments on the production information

  • ANATASE AND RUTILE TYPE PIGMENTS PRODUCED. TIOXIDE IS TRYING TO DEBOTTLENECK THE PLANT TO REACH A LONG TERM GOAL OF INCREASING CAPACITY TO 70,000 TPA PIGMENT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SULFATE PLANT.
  • FEED GRADE ASSUMED TO BE 57%.

Comments on other economic factors

  • PLANT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. *SULFURIC ACID- CAPTIVE, ONSITE.
  • FEEDSTOCK: ILMENITE, AUSTRALIA, 100% OF FEED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHEMICAL MARKETING REPORTER, JULY 13, 1992.

  • Deposit

    SRI INTERNATIONAL INTERVIEWS WITH TIOXIDE STAFF MEMBERS

  • Deposit

    IN LONDON.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TIOXIDE IS OBLIGED TO SELL 80% OF ITS MATERIAL OUTSIDE OF MALAYSIA. THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT IMPOSED A 15% IMPORT DUTY ON TIO2 PIGMENT INTO THE COUNTRY IN EARLY 1995, TIOXIDE THE COUNTRIES SOLE TIO2 PRODUCER GAVE ASSURANCES THAT THE LOCAL CONSUMERS WOULD NOT BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-MAR-1995 Kraemer, Sandra R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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