Background
The Kemerton plant occupies a 55-hectare site shared with satellite plants supplying chlorine, caustic soda, oxygen and nitrogen. It produces titanium dioxide through the chloride process, reacting chlorine with titanium-bearing ores from south-west Western Australia.
The solution
GRP Tank Solutions built a 3.6 m diameter, 3.8 m high FRP tank with resins selected to resist caustic soda. It was installed in February 2017.
Products and scope
Products: FRP caustic soda tank.
Our scope: resin selection for caustic soda service and manufacture.

