Patents Assigned to CHINUKA LIMITED
  • Treatment of titanium ores
    Patent number: 9181604
    Abstract: A method of producing titanium, comprising providing an oxide of titanium having a level of impurities of at least 1.0 wt %, reacting the oxide of titanium to form a titanium oxycarbide; and electrolyzing the titanium oxycarbide in an electrolyte, with the titanium oxycarbide configured as an anode; and recovering a refined titanium metal from a cathode in the electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Chinuka Limited
    Inventors: Derek J. Fray, Shuqiang Jiao
  • TREATMENT OF TITANIUM ORES
    Publication number: 20120152756
    Abstract: A method of producing titanium, comprising providing an oxide of titanium having a level of impurities of at least 1.0 wt %, reacting the oxide of titanium to form a titanium oxycarbide; and electrolysing the titanium oxycarbide in an electrolyte, with the titanium oxycarbide configured as an anode; and recovering a refined titanium metal from a cathode in the electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: CHINUKA LIMITED
    Inventors: Derek J. Fray, Shuqiang Jiao