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Thann Plant Ti

Plant in France 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 10279949
MAS/MILS ID 4270388001
Record type Site
Current site name Thann Plant Ti

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 7.07743, 47.83215 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

France(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
France

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Pigment Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 7.07743, 47.83215
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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 1922
Year of first production 1922
Plant type Pigment Plant
Plant subcategory Tio2 Pigment-Sulfide

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rhone Poulenc S/A
    Interest 100
    Home office France
    Year 1992
  • Type Operator
    Owner Thann Et Mulhouse
    Home office France
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1922
    Description 1200
  • Year 1987
    Description 3000
  • Year 1992
    Description Capacity 30000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium, Pigment Mineral Pigments 30000mt

Comments on the production information

  • ANATASE AND RUTILE TYPE PIGMENTS PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SULFATE PLANT.
  • FEED GRADE ASSUMED TO BE 77.9%.

Comments on the workings information

  • BECAUSE OF ITS INLAND POSITION THIS PLANT HAS BEED TREATING WASTE SOLUTIONS LONGER THAN MOST. THANN ET MULHOUSE HAS BEEN INVESTING HEAVILY IN ACID NEUTRALISATION EQUIPMENT IN 1994.

Comments on other economic factors

  • FEEDSTOCK: SLAG, QIT, SOREL, CANADA, 90% OF FEED; ILMENITE, CAPEL, WA, AUSTRALIA, 10% OF FEED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    *INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. JULY 1994. NO. 322. P. 31.

  • Deposit

    SRI FILES.

  • Deposit

    CHEMICAL WEEK, DEC. 1991.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPERATION HAS BEEN FOR SALE FOR OVER A YEAR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-SEP-94 Kraemer, Sandra R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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