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Yokkaichi Plant Ti

Plant in Shiga, Japan 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 10159336
MAS/MILS ID 5880358001
Record type Site
Current site name Yokkaichi Plant Ti

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 136.63209, 34.91539 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shiga(province)

Japan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Japan Shiga

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Pigment Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 136.63209, 34.91539
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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 1954
Year of first production 1954
Plant type Pigment Plant
Plant subcategory Tio2 Pigment-Sulfide

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ishshara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Japan
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Description S-Pigment Capacity 500
  • Year 1974
    Description C-Pigment Capacity
  • Year 1987
    Description S- 79550
  • Year 1987
    Description C- 35240
  • Year 1988
    Description S- 80320
  • Year 1988
    Description C- 41190
  • Year 1989
    Description S- 80900
  • Year 1989
    Description C- 43370
  • Year 1990
    Description S- 77800
  • Year 1990
    Description C- 47280
  • Year 1991
    Description S-Pigment Production 75390 Mtpy Pigment
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 75390mt
  • Year 1991
    Description C-Pigment Production 50050 Mtpy Pigment
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 50050mt

Comments on the production information

  • SULFATE- RECOVERY=89%, CHLORIDE- RECOVERY=92%. *SULFATE PLANT: PRODUCES ANATASE PIGMENT (15%) AND RUTILE PIGMENT (85%). CHLORIDE PLANT PRODUCES RUTILE PIGMENT. *APPROX. 12,000 MTPY RUTILE PIGMENT IS SHIPPED TO TAIWAN TO BE FINISHED. *SULATE PLANT PRODUCES 3 TYPES OF ANATASE PIGMENT & 14 TYPES OF RUTILE PIGMENT. CHLORIDE PLANT PRODUCES 13 TYPES OF PIGMENT. *PIGMENTS ARE SUITABLE FOR ALL MAJOR APPLICATIONS. BREAKDOWN OF MARKEST IS EST. TO BE PAINTS 51%, INKS 18%, PLASTICS 11%, PAPERS 9%, OTHER 11%. *PRODUCTION IN 1991: SULFATE PLANT- 75,390 MT, CHLORIDE PLANT- 50,050 MT. TOTAL 125,440 MT PIGMENT. *ISK SUSPENDED IN-HOUSE PRODUCTION OF SYNTHETIC RUTILE IN 6/94. COMPANY PROJECTS ANNUAL SAVINGS OF AROUND $7.6 MILLION BY IMPORTING THE FEEDSTOCK. THEY PRODUCED APPROX. 55,000 TPY OF SYNTHETIC RUTILE.
  • PLANT CAPACITY: SULFATE - 104,000 MTPY PIGMENT, CHLORIDE B - 50,400 MTPY PIGMENT. *PIGMENT GRADE ASSUMED TO BE 93%.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SULFATE AND CHLORIDE B PLANT. *COSTS ARE IN 1991 DOLLARS. *EXCHANGE RATE IS 134.7Y = $1.

Comments on the workings information

  • WASTE ACID TRAETMENT PROCESS: 1.ORE DIGESTION TANKS,2.MISC. ACID STREAMS,3.HYDROLYSIS ACID WASTE,4.CALCINER OFF GASES- 3.SYN. RUTILE PRODUCTION-3.EXTRACTION TANK-3.CRYSTALIZATION- 3.COPPERAS SEPARATION-1.4.SCRUBBER-4.SOLIDS SEPARATION- 1.2.3.4. NEUTRALIZATION-1.2.3.4. SOLIDS SEPARATION-1.2.3.4. DISCHARGE. *SULFATE PLANT-LABOR COSTS- 158,346,000Y/MT, 1516.72Y/MT TIO2. *S.-LIMESTONE- 240,120 MT/YR, 4000Y/MT, 960,480,000 Y/YR, 9200Y/MT TIO2, ADDED COSTS=9200Y/MT. *S.-LIME- 3340 MT/YR, 13,500Y/MT, 45,090,000Y/YR, 431.9Y/MT TIO2, ADDED COSTS=431.9Y/MT. *S.-SODIUM HYDROXIDE- 6264 MT/YR, 54,500Y/MT, 341,388,000Y/YR, 3,270Y/MT TIO2, ADDED COSTS=3270Y/MT. *S.-MAINTENANCE MATERIALS- 1.5% OF REPLACE. COSTS, 28,275,000Y/YR, 270.83Y/MT TIO2, ADDED COSTS=270.83Y/MT. *S.-ELECTRICITY- 290 KWH/MT TIO2, 11Y/KWH, 333,036,000Y/YR, 3190Y/MT TIO2, ADDED COSTS=3190Y/MT. *S.-SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL- 20,880 MT, 1150Y/MT, 24,012,000Y/MT, 230Y/MTIO2, ADDED COSTS=230Y/MT. *S.-DIRECT OPERATING COST- 1,890,627,000Y/YR ($14,036,000/YR), 18,109.45Y/MT TIO2 ($134/MT TIO2), ADDED COSTS=16592.73/MT ($123/MT). *S.-TAXES & INSURANCE- 2% OF REPLAC. COST, 37,700,000Y/YR, 361.11Y/MT TIO2, ADDED COSTS=361.11Y/MT. *S.-DEPRECIATION- 8% OF REPLAC. COST, 150,800,000Y/YR. *S.-TOTAL OP. COST- 2,079,127,000Y/YR ($15,435,000/YR), 18,470.57Y/MT TIO2 ($137/MT TIO2), ADDED COSTS=16,953.84/MT ($126/MT). *CHLORIDE PLANT-LABOR- 29,610,000Y/YR, 261Y/MT TIO2. *C.-CAUSTIC SODA- 1250 MT/YR, 54,500Y/MT, 68,125,000Y/YR, 1352Y/MT TIO2, ADDED COSTS=1352Y/MT. *C.-ELECTRICTIY- 350 KW, 11Y/KWH, 32,340,000Y/RY, 642Y/MT TIO2, ADDED COSTS=642Y/MT. *C.-SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL- 1200 MT, 1150Y/MT, 1,380,000Y/YR, 27Y/MT TIO2, ADDED COSTS=27Y/MT. *C.-INCINERATION FUEL- 200,000 BTU/MT TIO2, 565Y/MMBTU, 5,695,000Y/YR, 113Y/MT TIO2 (22,000Y/KL OIL W/ 39 MMBTU HEATING VALUE), ADDED COSTS=113Y/MT. *C.-DIRECT OP. COST- 141,650,000Y/YR ($1,052,000/YR), 2811Y/MT TIO2 ($21/MT TIO2), ADDED COSTS=2223Y/MT ($17/MT). *C.-TAXES & INSURANCE- 2% OF REPLACE. COST, 6,000,000Y/YR, 119Y/MT TIO2, ADDED COSTS=119Y/MT. *C.-DEPRECIATION- 8% OF REPLACE. COST, 24,000,000Y/YR, 476Y/MT TIO2. *C.-TOTAL OP. COST- 171,650,000Y/YR ($1,274,000/YR), 3406Y/MT TIO2 ($22/MT TIO2), ADDED COSTS=2342Y/MT ($17/MT).

Comments on other economic factors

  • ASSUMMED THAT 65% OF PIGMENT STAYS IN JAPAN, 30% GOES TO TAIWAN, AND 5% GOES TO WESTERN EUROPE. LOCAL SHIPMENTS OF PIGMENT EST. TO COST BETWEEN $20-50/MT.
  • SULFATE: ASSUMED 68% OF FEED IS AT 85% TIO2, 27% IS AT 80% TIO2, AND 5% IS AT 54% TIO2. WEIGHTED AVERAGE IS 82.1% TIO2. *CHLORIDE: ASSUMED ALL FEED IS 94% TIO2. *SULFATE FEED COMES FROM S. AFRICA, CANADA, & SRI LANKA. *PLANT IS UNIQUE IN THAT THE WASTE ACID FROM THE SULFATE PROCESS IS USED TO MAKE SYNTHETIC RUTILE FOR THE CHLORIDE PROCESS. *ORE DIGESTORS AT THE SULFATE PLANT ARE DESIGNED TO PROCESS ABOUT 383 MTPD OF THE SLAG/ILMENITE MIX. *CHLORINATORS AT THE CHLORIDE PLANT ARE DESIGNED TO PROCESS 167 MTPD OF SYNTHETIC RUTILE. *1991 FEED: SULFATE PLANT- 65,484 MT S. AF. SLAG, 26,002 MT CANADA SLAG, 4,817 MT SRI LANKA ILMENTIE. TOTAL 96,303 MT. CHLORIDE PLANT- 54,805 MT SYNTHETIC RUTILE J. *SULFATE PLANT- SO. AF. SLAG $290/MT FOB + $21/MT DELIV., CANADA SLAG $250/MT FOB + $29/MT DELIV., SRI LANKA IL. $57/MT FOB + $18/MT DELIV. *CHLORIDE PLANT $360/MT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    *MEETING WITH MR. KINOSHITA & MR. MATSUSHITA OF ISHIHARA

  • Deposit

    IN OSAKA ON MAY 10, 1992.

  • Deposit

    *CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN SRI TOKYO AND MR. KINOSHITA.

  • Deposit

    *ISHIHARA BROCHURES AND ANNUAL REPORTS.

  • Deposit

    *STATISTICS ON PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION

  • Deposit

    PUBLISHED BY MITI (JAPANESE MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY)

  • Deposit

    *OTHER JAPANESE TITANIUM DIOXIDE PRODUCERS.

  • Production

    *AME MINING WEEKLY, JUNE 3, 1994, V. 24. NO. 19, P. 9.

  • Production

    "ISHIHARA SUSPENDS PRODUCTION."

  • Deposit

    * INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. JUNE 1993. "ISK PLANS TIO2 PLANT."

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLANT IS A COMBINED SULFATE AND CHLORIDE B PLANT PRODUCING APPROX. 2/3 SULFATE PRODUCT, 1/3 CHLORIDE PRODUCT. *PLANT APPEARS TO COVER 400,000-500,000 SQ M BUT THE AREA INCLUDES OTHER FACILITIES. *PLANT HAS ITS OWN DOCKS & CAN HANDLE OCEAN GOING SHIPS. *PLANT HAS NO ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PERSONNEL. *FIRST PLANT WAS BUILT IN 1954. IN 1974 THE CHLORIDE PROCESS UNIT WAS ADDED. ISK IS TO CONSTRUCT A 60,000 TPA CAPACITY CHLORIDE-ROUTE PLANT AT YOKKAICHI. CONSTRUCTION OF THE PLANT IS DUE TO START IN 1995 AND IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION BY EARLY 1997.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-OCT-1993 Kraemer, Sandra R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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