Lake Charles Plant Ti

Plant in Calcasieu county in Louisiana, United States 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 10121850
MAS/MILS ID 0220198001
Record type Site
Current site name Lake Charles Plant Ti

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -93.31098, 30.19353 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calcasieu(county)

Louisiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westlake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Charles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Charles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Calcasieu(hydrologic unit)

Calcasieu-Mermentau(hydrologic accounting unit)

Louisiana Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Louisiana Calcasieu

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Pigment Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) Alluvium

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kronos Inc.
    Interest 50
    Home office 3000 N Sam Houston Pkwy East, Houston, Tx
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tioxide
    Interest 50
    Year 1992

Comments on the ownership information

  • KRONOS INC., 3000 N SAM HOUSTON PKWY EAST, HOUSTON, TX 77032 PHONE NUMBER: 1-800-866-5600

Production statistics

  • Year 1992
    Description Production Capacity 80000 Mtpy Pigment

Comments on the production information

  • PIGMENT GRADE ASSUMED TO BE 95%.

Comments on the reserve resource information

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

Comments on other economic factors

  • FLOW CHART: FEED-CHLORINATORS-SEPARATORS-PURIFIERS-OXIDIZERS- SEPARATORS-FINISHING. *CONSTRUCTION COST- $250,000,000. *REPLACEMENT COST- $250,000,000. *LABOR COST- $237.29/MT TIO2. *CHLORINE- PPG, $22/MT, $6.16/MT TIO2, 0.28 MT CL/MT TIO2. *COKE- $106.44/MT, $41.51/MT TIO2, 0.39 MT COKE/MT TIO2. *ALUMINUM- $1556/MT, $8.71/MT TIO2, 0.0056 MT AL/MT TIO2. *TOLUENE- $0.85/GAL, $3.15/MT TIO2, 3.7 GAL/MT TIO2. *SEPARATED AIR- BIG 3: O2-$1.62/MSCF, $22.68/MT TIO2, 14 MSCF/MT TIO2; N2- 0.83/MSCF, $23.24/MT TIO2, 28 MSCF/MT TIO2. *FINISHING CHEMICALS- $104/MT TIO2. *MAINTENANCE MATERIALS- $109.38/MT TIO2. *STEAM- ONSITE BOILERS, $5.81/MLB, $47.64/MT TIO2, 8.2 MLB/ MT TIO2. *ELECTRICITY- $0.05/KWH, $27.90/MT TIO2, 620 KWH/MT TIO2. *NATURAL GAS- $2.40/MMBTU, $14.54/MT TIO2, 6.06 MSCF/MT TIO2. *PROCESS WATER- ONSITE, $0.50/MGAL, $2.15/MT TIO2, 4.3 MGAL/MT TI *COOLING WATER- PIPE, $0.07/MGAL, $0.51/MT TIO2, 7.3 MGAL/MT TIO2 *POLLUTION CONTROL- $43.50/MT TIO2. *OPERATING COST- $1039.04/MT TIO2. *PRODUCTION COST- $1416.26/MT TIO2.
  • FEEDSTOCK- SLAG, SO. AFRICA, 100% OF FEED, 1.225 MT/MT TIO2, 85% GRADE, $283/MT DEL., $257/MT FOB + $22/MT FRT. + $4/MT CART., $346.68/MT TIO2.
  • PLANT OVERHEAD- $40.79/MT TIO2, 80% OP. LABOR. *TAXES & INSURANCE- $15.63/MT TIO2, 0.5%/YR REPLACE. COST. *G&A, SALES, RESEARCH- $70.81/MT TIO2, 5% PROD. COST. *DEPRECIATION- $250/MT TIO2, 8% REPLACE. COST. *TARIFFS ON PIGMENT ARE 0-5% OF IMPORT VALUE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRESS RELEASES AND INTERVIEWS PUBLISHED BY THE AM. PRESS OF

  • Deposit

    LAKE CHARLES.

  • Deposit

    DATA PUBLISHED BY KRONOS AS BACKROUND FOR OTHER STUDIES.

  • Deposit

    DATA CONTAINED IN POLLUTION CONTROL PERMINT ISSUED BY THE

  • Deposit

    STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IT APPEARS THAT THE PLANT WILL OPERATE DOCKS. *PLANT IS SERVED BY A SPUR OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RR. *THERE ARE NO ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PERSONNEL.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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