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Ashtabula #1 & #2 Plants Ti

Plant in Ashtabula county in Ohio, United States with commodity Titanium, Pigment
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  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 10305632
MAS/MILS ID 0390078001
Record type Site
Current site name Ashtabula #1 & #2 Plants Ti

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -80.77479, 41.89171 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ashtabula(county)

Ohio(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ashtabula North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ashtabula(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cleveland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ashtabula-Chagrin(hydrologic unit)

Southern Lake Erie(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Lake Erie(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Ohio Ashtabula

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Pigment Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -80.77479, 41.89171
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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 1967
Year of first production 1967
Plant type Pigment Plant
Plant subcategory Tio2 Pigment-Chloride

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hanson Plc
    Interest 100
    Home office United Kingdom
    Year 1993
  • Type Operator
    Owner Scm Chemicals Inc.
    Home office 7 St Paul St, Ste 1010, Baltimore, Md
    Year 1993

Production statistics

  • Year 1967
    Ore mined 12000mt
    Description 12000
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium, Pigment Mineral Pigments 12000mt
  • Year 1971
    Ore mined 22000mt
    Description 22000
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium, Pigment Mineral Pigments 22000mt
  • Year 1988
    Ore mined 50700mt
    Description 50700
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium, Pigment Mineral Pigments 50700mt
  • Year 1989
    Ore mined 45000mt
    Description 45000
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium, Pigment Mineral Pigments 45000mt
  • Year 1990
    Ore mined 67000mt
    Description Plant 2. Capacity 67000 Mtpy Pigment
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium, Pigment Mineral Pigments 67000mt
  • Year 1992
    Ore mined 97000mt
    Description Plant 1. Capacity 97000 Mtpy Pigment
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium, Pigment Mineral Pigments 97000mt

Comments on the production information

  • RECORD A IS FOR PLANT 1. RECORD B IS FOR PLANT 2.
  • PLANT PRODUCES RUTILE TYPE PIGMENT IN BOTH PLANTS. *PIGMENT IS USED FOR PAINTS AND INKS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CHLORIDE B PLANTS. 1994 ADIT UPDATE: PLANT CAPACITY OF THE TWO PLANTS WILL BE INCREASED FROM 165,000 TO 190,000 MTS/YR TIO2 BY THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1996. (INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. SCM ADDS TO TIO2 EXPANSION, DEC 1994, P. 17.)

Comments on the workings information

  • WATER POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS: LABOR- $1,004,000/YR, $6.12/MT TIO2. *LIME- 4500 MTPY, $38/MT, $171,000/YR, $1.04/MT TIO2. *MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE- 3300 MTPY, $300/MT, $990/YR, $6.04/MT TIO2. *HYDROCHLORIC ACID- 52 MTPY, $40/MT, $2,000/YR, $0.01/MT TIO2. *SODIUM HYDROXIDE- 12000 MTPY, $350/MT, $4,200,000/YR, $25.61/MT TIO2. *FLOCCULANT- 36 MTPY, $8818/MT, $317,000/YR, $1.94/MT TIO2. *MAINTENANCE MATERIALS- 1.25% REPLACE. COST, $103,000/YR, $0.63/MT TIO2. *ELECTRICITY- 984 MWH, $53/MWH, $52,000/YR, $0.32/MT TIO2. *SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL- ALL ONSITE. *PERMIT FEES- $33,000/YR, $0.20/MT TIO2. *TAXES & INSURANCE- 2% REPLACE. COST- $164,000/YR, $1/MT TIO2. *DEPRECIATION- $473,000/YR, $2.89/MT TIO2. *TOTAL OPERATING COST- $7509,000/YR, $45.79/MT TIO2. *TOTAL OPERATING COST TO PLANT 1.- $4438,000/YR, $27.06/MT TIO2. *TOTAL OPERATING COST TO PLANT 2.- $3071,000/YR, $18.73/MT TIO2.

Comments on other economic factors

  • LINES 001 & 002 ARE FOR PLANT NO. 1; LINES 003 & 004 ARE FOR PLANT NO. 2. *PLANT 1. PLANT OVERHEAD- $46.13/MT TIO2, 80% OP. LABOR. *1. TAXES & INSURANCE- $57.73/MT TIO2, 2% REPLACE. COST. *1. G&A, SALES, RESAERCH- $60.56/MT TI02, 5% OP. COST. *1. DEPRECIATION- $230.93/MT TIO2, 8% REPLACE. COST. *PLANT 2. PLANT OVERHEAD- $64.24/MT TIO2, 80% OP. COST. *2. TAXES & INSURANCE- $53.73/MT TIO2, 2% REPLACE. COST. *2. G&A, SALES, RESEARCH- $63.51/MT TIO2, 5% OP. COST. *2. DEPRECIATION- $214.93/MT TIO2, 8% REPLACE. COST.
  • PLANTS 1. & 2. FEEDSTOCK: NATURAL RUTILE, AUSTRALIA, 95% GRADE, 41.4% OF FEED, 0.4504 MT/MT TIO2, $620/MT DEL., $577/MT FOB + $39/MT FRT + $4/MT CARTAGE, $279.25/MT TIO2; NATURAL RUTILE, SIERRA LEONE, 9.7% OF FEED, 0.1055 MT/MT TIO2, 96% GRADE, $578/MT DEL., $542/MT FOB + $32/MT FRT. + $4/MT CARTAGE, $61/MT TIO2,; SYNTHETIC RUTILE, AUSTRALIA, 25.9% OF FEED, 0.2818 MT/MT TIO2, 95% ASSUMED GRADE, $455/MT DEL., $412/MT FOB + $39/MT FRT + $4/MT CARTAGE, $128.21/MT TIO2; SLAG, SO. AFRICA, 23% OF SLAG, 0.2502/MT TIO2, 85% GRADE, $283/MT DEL., $257/MT FOB + $22/MT FRT + $4/MT CARTAGE, $70.81/MT TIO2. *TOTAL FEEDSTOCK COST PLANT 1.- $539.27/MT TIO2. *TOTAL FEEDSTOCK COST PLANT 2.- $539.27/MT TIO2.
  • IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE PIGMENT IS SHIPPED BY TRUCK IN THE US.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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    CUSTOMS RECORDS OFFICE

  • Deposit

    TELEPHONE CONTACTS WITH UTILITY COMPANIES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLANTS COVER A TOTAL OF 200 ACRES. *SUPPLIES ARE ASSUMED TO BE DELIVERED BY TRUCK AND RAIL. *THERE ARE NO PERMANENT ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONNEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-OCT-96 Kraemer, Sandra R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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