ISCOR LTD

Proposal number:

32215

Focal area:

Value Addition

Total funding:

R 5,935,000

Funding year 1:

R 2,190,000

Funding year 2:

R 2,360,000

Funding year 3:

R 1,385,000

IHM Heavy Minerals has conducted a feasibility study to exploit Iscor’s reserves of ilmenite in the Northern Province and KwaZulu-Natal. The study concluded that Iscor could enter the titanium feedstock industry at a suitable stage of the demand growth cycle. In fact, should Iscor be able to develop and apply technology to rapidly solidify liquid Titania slag, the project will prove to be of significant benefit to South Africa and its people. It is expected that this project will create some 900 permanent and 2000 temporary job opportunities. This project will add further value to the beneficiation of South Africa's titanium resources.

Chlorinatable Titania slag (produced by smelting ilmenite) is used as feed material for the production of pigments (colourants for paper, paint and plastics). Presently the slag is produced worldwide at only 3 plants. The solidification technology used by these plants is expensive and inefficient. It entails casting of liquid slag into massive bowls (approximately 20 tons) which then take several days to cool down before it can be crushed, milled and classified into a final product (< 1 mm). It is proposed to investigate granulation technology to obtain the rapid solidification of liquid Titania slag with the required specifications. If this technology is successful it could reduce the costs of the solidification process significantly. Another aim of the granulation process is to produce a larger quantity of higher quality product, resulting in a higher value product being produced.

Project Coordinator:

Mr Deon Bessinger
Phone: +27 (0)12 307 7792
Email: deonb@iscorltd.co.za

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