Ilmenite,rutile,Zircon and Monazite are the major heavy minerals. Ilmenite is an important ore in making Titanium dioxide pigment, titanium sponge, titanium chloride and titanium metal. These value-added products have extensive use in industries,
Since the Steel industry is poised for a massive growth in India, the refractory industry will also grow proportionately. Hence there is an urgent need for development for Beach Sand Mining industry which has a direct contribution in the Steel related refractory and ceramic units. The State Government should concentrate on value added products within the State based on Beach Sand Minerals instead of allowing export of Ilmenite mineral.
http://indianindustryplus.com/2018/08/09/growth-of-beach-sand-mineral-industry-in-odisha-calls-for-urgent-attention-by-the-state-govt/
Beach sends are enriched in ilmenite (Australia, S Africa), rutile (S Africa, Australia, Ukraine), leucoxene, zircon (Australia, Canada, India), titaniferous magnetite (New Zealand) and garnet (India, Canada, Australia). In some cases REE (Malaysia, Indonesia) may be extracted from monazite and xenotime, cassiterite (Malaysia, Indonesia), coltan. The latter are currently not in the limelights of economists and are recovered only as by-products. Major producers are given in brackets
See: DILL, H.G. (2007) Grain morphology of heavy minerals from marine and continental placer deposits, with special reference to Fe -Ti oxides.- Sedimentary Geology, 198: 1-27.
DILL, H.G., GOLDMANN S., and CRAVERO, F., (2018) Zr-Ti-Fe placers along the coast of NE Argentina: Provenance analysis and ore guide for the metallogenesis in the South Atlantic Ocean. Ore Geology Reviews 95: 131-160.
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