Cochin Minerals & Rutile Limited (CMRL) is a public chemical-manufacturer company located in Kerala, India. Its product base focuses on mineral / chemical processing within the specialty-chemicals sector. CMRL was first incorporated in 1989.
Location & Facilities
The company is based in Kochi (Aluva), Kerala. Specifically its plant / facility is located at the Edayar Industrial Development Area, Aluva, Kerala.
Products & Business Focus
CMRL manufactures a range of chemicals/mineral-derived products. Its main product categories include:
- Synthetic Rutile (beneficiated ilmenite transformed to higher-titanium-dioxide content form)
- Ferric Chloride – used in water treatment/purification/industrial etc.
- Ferrous Chloride
- Cemox (an iron-hydroxide/recovered-oxide type by-product)
The company is described as one of India’s entities in synthetic-rutile space and does value-addition on mineral feedstock.
Scale & Market Presence
It serves industrial/chemical markets for products such as water-treatment chemicals (ferric/ferrous chlorides), and materials for pigment/metal-processing industries (via synthetic rutile).
Strengths & Distinctive Aspects
- Longstanding presence (since 1989) within Kerala’s chemicals / mineral-processing sector.
- Focus on synthetic-rutile (a value-added titanium-oxide feedstock) rather than raw mineral-extraction only.
- Certifications such as ISO indicate attention to quality / safety / environmental-management standards.
- Located near industrial-infrastructure hub (Aluva / Kochi area) which may facilitate logistics / port-access for exports or chemical feed-transport.
Cochin Minerals & Rutile Limited is a chemical / minerals-processing company based in the Edayar / Aluva region of Kerala, producing synthetic rutile, ferric & ferrous chloride chemicals, and related by-products. With nearly four decades since its founding, listed-company governance, and established certifications, it forms part of Kerala’s industrial-chemicals sector with linkage to downstream industries that use specialty chemicals / mineral-derived feedstocks.