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The plant, with a daily production capacity on two tons of titanium pigments, is in the process of installation of equipment in Kahnuj in southeastern Kerman Province, Morad Ali Manzari-Tavakolli was quoted as saying by Press TV.
The project includes the establishment of two units with a production capacity of 130,000 tons of titanium dioxide concentrate and 70,000 tons of titanium dioxide slag per year, he said.
Titanium dioxide is mainly used to produce titanium pigment — the most commonly used white pigment. It is used to add capacity to paper, paints and plastics.
Kahnuj titanium pilot project is implemented jointly by Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) and Armenia's EcoAtom at a cost of €2.04 billion.
Once operational, Kahnuj plant will put Iran among an elite club of the few countries which produce titanium — a metal used in a range of high-tech manufacturing from military aircraft to artificial limbs. The country is currently a net importer of the material.
The main producers of titanium are China, Japan, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan and the US.
Titanium is the strategic metal of the century, named after the powerful Titan gods in Greek mythology. Given its strength, light weight and corrosion resistance, the metal is highly prized in aircraft manufacturing, with further applications in military, aerospace, marine industries, dental implants and industrial processes.
Iran's other known titanium reserves are in Anzali Lagoon in the Caspian Sea, which have attracted the attention of Japanese developers, according to Iranian media reports.
The Fanuj mine, in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, is another base where a cluster of 30 deposits are each able to yield one million tons of titanium ore per year, said the head of the board of directors of Makran Steel.
Jamshid Jahanbakhsh Tehrani said in December that an investment of more than $4.2 billion will be required over the next five years to bring the Fanuj project online.
http://www.open-iran.com/view/EN/20696.aspx
They better NOT start exporting this strategic material. We need to keep all of it for our own industries.
The project includes the establishment of two units with a production capacity of 130,000 tons of titanium dioxide concentrate and 70,000 tons of titanium dioxide slag per year, he said.
Titanium dioxide is mainly used to produce titanium pigment — the most commonly used white pigment. It is used to add capacity to paper, paints and plastics.
Kahnuj titanium pilot project is implemented jointly by Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) and Armenia's EcoAtom at a cost of €2.04 billion.
Once operational, Kahnuj plant will put Iran among an elite club of the few countries which produce titanium — a metal used in a range of high-tech manufacturing from military aircraft to artificial limbs. The country is currently a net importer of the material.
The main producers of titanium are China, Japan, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan and the US.
Titanium is the strategic metal of the century, named after the powerful Titan gods in Greek mythology. Given its strength, light weight and corrosion resistance, the metal is highly prized in aircraft manufacturing, with further applications in military, aerospace, marine industries, dental implants and industrial processes.
Iran's other known titanium reserves are in Anzali Lagoon in the Caspian Sea, which have attracted the attention of Japanese developers, according to Iranian media reports.
The Fanuj mine, in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, is another base where a cluster of 30 deposits are each able to yield one million tons of titanium ore per year, said the head of the board of directors of Makran Steel.
Jamshid Jahanbakhsh Tehrani said in December that an investment of more than $4.2 billion will be required over the next five years to bring the Fanuj project online.
http://www.open-iran.com/view/EN/20696.aspx
They better NOT start exporting this strategic material. We need to keep all of it for our own industries.
