SII eyes zircon mine for first US zirconium oxychloride plant
By Jessica Roberts
Published: Monday, 07 November 2011
Southern Ionics to produce 13,000 tpa zircon for downstream zirconium chemicals
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chemicals producer Southern Ionics Inc. (SII) has initiated
feasibility studies at a zircon deposit in Brantley and
Charlton counties, south-east Georgia, to feed a new zirconium
oxychloride (ZOC) plant in Alabama.
Initial results indicate that the deposit could yield
100,000 s.tons of mineral sands concentrate, comprising
13,000...