Commodities
PrimaryTitanium
SecondaryZirconium
TertiaryREE
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsIlmenite, Monazite, Rutile, Zircon
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1961
Discovery year1926
Identification
Deposit ID10231201
Alternate namesPulmoddai Mine
RegionAS
Data scoreC
Coordinates8.9174, 81.00031
References
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