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Grimsby Plant Ti

Plant in United Kingdom 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 10303746
MAS/MILS ID 4120108002
Record type Site
Current site name Grimsby Plant Ti

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -0.04759, 53.53225 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

United Kingdom(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
United Kingdom

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Pigment Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -0.04759, 53.53225
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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 1949
Year of first production 1949
Plant type Pigment Plant
Plant subcategory Tio2 Pigment-Sulfide

Ownership information

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1970
    Description 90000
  • Year 1986
    Description 88000
  • Year 1987
    Description 92000
  • Year 1988
    Description 95000
  • Year 1989
    Description 95000
  • Year 1990
    Description 88000
  • Year 1991
    Description Pigment Capacity 90000 Mtpy Pigment
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium, Pigment Mineral Pigments 90000mt
  • Year 1991
    Description Pigment Production 80000 Mtpy Pigment
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium, Pigment Mineral Pigments 80000mt

Comments on the production information

  • PIGMENT GRADE ASSUMED TO BE 93%. RECOVERY IS 89%.
  • PLANT PRODUCES ANATASE AND RUTILE GRADES OF PIGMENT. *UPWARDS OF 65% OF PRODUCTION COULD BE PAINT PIGMENTS. OTHER PRODUCTS ARE PIGMENTS FOR PLASTICS, PAPER, ELASTOMERS,CERAMICS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SULFATE PLANT. *ALL COSTS IN 1991 DOLLARS. *EXCHANGE RATE- 0.5652 L = $1. *90,000 MT PIGMENT CAPACITY (OUTPUT).

Comments on the workings information

  • WILL SPEND $50,000,000 ON POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEMS BETWEEN 1991 AND 1994. *THE COMPANY WAS IN THE PROCESS OF COMMISSIONING A 40,000 TPA PLANT TO PROCESS THE WASTE CARBON DIOXIDE THAT ORIGINATES FROM THE NEUTRALIZING OF THE WEAK ACID WITH LIMESTONE IN DEC. 1994.

Comments on other economic factors

  • ASSUMED 10%OF PIGMENT SHIPPED TO GERMANY & 5% TO FAR EAST.
  • PLANT USES ILMENITE FROM CAPEL, AUSTRALIA. *ORE CONSUMPTION: 1991- 140,192 MTPY; 1990- 154,211; 1989- 166,478; 1988- 166,478; 1987- 161,221; 1986- 154,211. *ILMENITE 100% FEED, 1.7524 MT/MT TIO2, 61% TIO2, 57.15 L/MT DEL. 40.65 L/MT FOB + 16.5 L/MT FRT. *TOTAL FEEDSTOCK COST- 100.15 L/MT TIO2 ($177.19/MT TIO2).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. "TIOXIDE EXPANDS MATERIALS BUSINESS."

  • Deposit

    DEC. 1994. NO. 327. P. 11-12.

  • Deposit

    ICI AND TIOXIDE ANNUAL REPORTS.

  • Deposit

    TIOXIDE PRESS RELEASE OF MAY 15, 1991.

  • Deposit

    NOTES ON TIOXIDE RELEASES TO LOCAL PRESS PRIOR TO APR. 91.

  • Deposit

    NOTES ON OBSERVATION OF THE PLANT ON APR. 18-19, 1991.

  • Deposit

    NOTES FROM MEETING W/ TIOXIDE STAFF IN LONDON ON MAY 11, 91.

  • Deposit

    NOTES FROM MEETING W/ MR.R. L. BRUNTON, INSPECTORATE OF

  • Deposit

    POLLUTION ON APR. 14, 1991.

  • Deposit

    DATA GLEANED FROM PUBLICATIONS OF THE STATIONERY OFFICE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors CURRENTLY DISCHARGES STRONG AND WEAK WASTE INTO HUMBER ESTUARY. PLAN TO REDUCE SULFATE DISCHARGE TO 800 KG/MT BY 1994.
Deposit PROPERTY COVERS APPROX. 20 ACRES. *SITE ALSO HAS A 308,000 MTPY ELEMENTAL-SULFUR-BURNING SULFURIC ACID PLANT. *PLANT DOES NOT OWN OR OPERATE DOCKS. *PLANT IS SERVED BY A SPUR OF THE BRITISH RAILROAD. *THERE ARE NO ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PLANT PERSONNEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1995 Kraemer, Sandra R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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