Mineral Sands Mining and Processing in the South West of Western Australia
From Engineering Heritage Australia
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Titaniferous sands mined from ancient beach deposits, used to produce titanium dioxide pigment (Whitest pigment known) Mining near Capel Cable Sands TiO2 pigment manufactured in Australind Mining near Dardanup Rehabilitation near Capel Synthetic Rutile development using reduction kiln, Becher Process, first trialled in Capel plant Scott River resource, was developed by BHP Billiton but project failed
