Ilmentite

Ilmenite is a main source of titanium,iron-black,heavy,metallic oxide mineral,compound of iron and titanium oxide .

Ilmenite is a naturally occuring mineral comprised primarily of iron titanium oxide as well as other element such magnesium and manganese

Ilmenite can also be convert into synthetic rutile allar use as feedback production of titanium oxide pigment and titanium .

Ilmenite can be futher seperated from iron through smelting process to make chloride process titanium slag or sulfate process titanium slag.

Ilmenite is the primary ore of titanium , a metal needed to make a variety of high-performance alloys. Most of the ilmenite mined worldwide is used to manufacture titanium dioxid