Ilmenite is a titanium-iron oxide mineral. It is a weakly magnetic black or steel-gray solid. It is named after its place of discovery which is Ilmen Lake in the Ilmen Mountains, Miask in the south of Ural Mountains, Russia. Ilmenite is a mineral found only in some parts of the world. Its scarcity is a key reason for its popularity and high value. Over 96% of the world wide use of Ilmenite is in titanium dioxide TiO2 form that has a wide range of strategic applications.

1. VV Mineral India's Ilmenite And
Sillimanite Offer Best Utility
Ilmenite is a mineral found only in some parts of the
world. Its scarcity is a key reason for its popularity and
high value. Over 96% of the world wide use of Ilmenite
is in titanium dioxide TiO2 form that has a wide range
of strategic applications.
Ilmenite is the most important ore of titanium from the
commercial perspective. Most Ilmenite is mined for
titanium dioxide production. 47% of the titanium
dioxide produced worldwide is based on this material.
Ilmenite is ultimately converted into pigment grade
titanium dioxide via either the sulfate process or the
chloride process. Ilmenite ore is used as a flux by
steelmakers to line blast furnace hearth refractory.
Ilmenite sand is also used as a sandblasting agent in the
cleaning of die-casting dies.
Ilmenite is a lightweight and sturdy metal used in
several spheres like the aerospace, shipping and paint
industries and is also used in making artificial joints for

2. humans. India has 360 million tonnes of Ilmenite
reserves.
Sillimanite is an alumino-silicate mineral with the
chemical formula Al2SiO5. Sillimanite is named after
the American chemist Benjamin Silliman (1779–1864). It
was first described in 1824 for an occurrence in Chester,
Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA. A variety of
sillimanite is called "fibrolite". It is a common fibrous
massive form.
Sillimanite is one of three alumino-silicate polymorphs.
A common variety of sillimanite is known as fibrolite, so
named because the mineral appears like a bunch of
fibers twisted together when viewed in thin section or
even by the naked eye. Both the fibrous and traditional
forms of sillimanite are common in metamorphosed
sedimentary rocks. It is an index mineral indicating high
temperature but variable pressure. Sillimanite has been
found in Brandywine Springs, New Castle County,
Delaware, USA. It was named as the state mineral of
Delaware by the State Legislature in 1977.

3. Natural sillimanite rocks cut into the required shape and
size are used mainly in glass industries. Sillimanite is
the best raw material for the manufacture of high
alumina refractories or 55-60% alumina bricks. The rare
transparent Sillimanite crystals from Burma, Sri Lanka,
and India are valued as important rare collector stones,
and are occasionally cut into exquisite gemstones for
collectors. Compact masses of Sillimanite were once
used by Native Americans of the American Southwest to
fashion tools. It is used in the manufacture of spark
plugs etc, rarely as a gemstone and as mineral
specimens.
The demand for Ilmenite in India and China is growing
rapidly and may eventually surpass Western
consumption. One company that manufacturers and
exports Ilmenite and Sillimanite is VV Mineral. They
are the first private Ilmenite Exporter in India. V.V.
Mineral (VVM) is India's largest Manufacturer and
Exporter of Ilmenite and Sillimanite. V.V. Mineral is
proud to have been certified with ISO 9001:2008, ISO
14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007 by TUV. V.V.
Minerals India is the first company holding granted
license for Mining and Exporting of Ilmenite from the
Government.

4. V.V. Mineral started production of Ilmenite in early 2000
in anticipation of the granting of the export license and
their first Ilmenite was delivered in October 2000. The
production capacity now stands at 500000 metric tonnes
per year and is expected to rise steadily as market
conditions allow.
V.V. Minerals currently produces several grades of high
quality sulphate grade Ilmenite which are becoming
increasingly sought after due to their ideal
characteristics of good digestibility combined with low
contained Fe203,U, Th, Cr2O3 etc.
Currently, VV Mineral India has eight processing plants
in operation (as of 2013) and have proposed to set up two
more plants, which allows us to provide a greater degree
of product flexibility than the one generally available
from traditional heavy mineral processing operations.
VVM Sillimanite is an outstanding product. The
advantages of buying sillimanite from VV Mineral are
manifold. High quality which includes its high alumina
content, low impurities, high melting point, even sizing

5. and uniform packing are some of the advantages of
using VVM India's heavy minerals.
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