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{{Infobox company
| name = Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd.
| logo =
| image = KMML Kollam, Feb 2016.jpg
| image_size =
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Entrance of KMML, [[Kollam]]
| type = [[Public Sector]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1932}}<br>[[Kollam]], [[India]]
| founder = F. X. Perira
| location_city = [[Kollam]](Quilon)
| location_country = [[India]]
| key_people = {{unbulleted list|Chandrabose J<br>{{small|(Managing Director)}}|Ajayakrishnan V<br>{{small|(General Manager)}}}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kmml.com/php/showContent.php?linkid=15&partid=1 |title=Management – KMML |publisher=KMML |access-date=17 November 2016}}</ref>
| industry = Mining
| products = {{unbulleted list|[[Titanium Dioxide]]|[[Titanium|Titanium Sponge]]|[[Titanium|Titanium Pigment]]}}
| revenue = {{Increase}} {{USD|119.78 million}} (2019)
| net_income = {{Increase}} {{USD|23.57 million}}
| net_income_year = 2019
| operating_income =
| assets=
| equity=
| num_employees = ~2000
| homepage ={{url|kmml.com}}
}}

'''Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd''' is an integrated [[titanium dioxide]] manufacturing [[Public sector undertakings in Kerala|public sector undertaking]] in [[Kollam]], Kerala, India. Its operations comprise mining, mineral separation, synthetic [[rutile]] and [[pigment]]-production plants. Apart from producing rutile-grade titanium dioxide pigment for various types of industries, it also produces other products like [[ilmenite]], [[rutile]], [[zircon]], [[sillimanite]], synthetic rutile etc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://echoofindia.com/new-delhi-sail-signs-mou-ksidc-kmml-titanium-project-26904 |title=Sail signs MoU with KSIDC & KMML for titanium project |access-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814170339/http://echoofindia.com/new-delhi-sail-signs-mou-ksidc-kmml-titanium-project-26904 |archive-date=14 August 2014 }}</ref> It is one of the best performing Public Sector Units in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://keralabiznews.com/4925/government-honours-best-performing-psus-ceos-for-2011-12 |title=Government honours Best Performing PSUs & CEOs for 2011–12|access-date=14 August 2014}}</ref>

The company manufactures titanium dioxide through the chloride route. The different grades are produced by KMML under the brand name KEMOX.

KMML has always been responsive to social and environmental causes. Some of the initiatives taken by KMML have made a significant change to the area and its people.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

==History==
The history of the beaches of Sankaramangalam and nearby areas is linked with the history of the KMML. The [[rare-earth]] minerals made the beach an area of scientific interest. The discovery process for this huge Indian deposit was accidentally initiated in the year 1909 when C. W. Schomberg, a German chemist, identified the presence of [[monazite]] in the sand remnants of contaminants of coir imported from Kerala.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QS8CAgAAQBAJ|title=Handbook on Rare Earth Metals and Alloys (Properties, Extraction, Preparation and Applications)|last=NPCS Board of Consultants & Engineers|publisher=ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS PRESS Inc|year=2009|isbn=9788178331201|pages=10}}</ref> Encouraged by the great demand in those days for thorium oxide in gas mantle, Schomberg established the first plant at Manavalakurichi (MK) in 1910 for separation of monazite and later another plant at [[Chavara]]. Subsequent to the arrest of Schomberg on charges of being a German spy during the [[First World War]], both his plants at Manavalakurichi and Chavara were closed down.

The London Cosmopolitan Mineral Company established in the year 1914 in London took over these plants and continued operations. In 1920, Hopkins and Williams (H & W), yet another London based English Company started operation at MK and Chavara. The first export of ilmenite from Chavara took place in the year 1922 and the Indian ilmenite maintained a virtual monopoly in the world market as basic raw material for titania pigment (white) till 1940 when four plants belonging to Travancore Minerals Ltd (TMC), Hopkins & William Travancore Ltd (H&W) and Fx Pereira & Sons (FXP) together exported as high as three hundred thousand tons of ilmenite from Chavara.

By 1932, a private entrepreneur established the F. X. Perira and Sons (Travancore) Pvt. Ltd, the forerunner to KMML. Ownership of the company subsequently changed hands three times, after which in 1956 it was taken over by the state government and placed under the control of the industries department.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140820/nation-current-affairs/article/kmml-functions-old-machines-lacks-safety |title=KMML functions with old machines, lacks safety |publisher=Deccan Chronicles |access-date=20 August 2014}}</ref> The unit was subsequently converted as a limited company in 1972 by the name of 'The Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd.' with the objectives of better utilisation of mineral wealth found along the sea coast of [[Kollam district|Kollam]] and [[Alappuzha]] Districts, generation of growth and employment in the state in general and the local area in particular.

The construction of titanium dioxide pigment using chloride technology began in 1979, and was commissioned in 1984 as the first and only integrated titanium dioxide plant in the world.

Today the company has over 1600 employees and a range of products.

==Supply of Titanium Sponge to Defence Ministry units of India and Dept of Space==
KMML in [[Kollam]] is the sole producer-cum-supplier of Titanium sponge in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kmml.com/php/showArticle.php?artid=12 |title=Titanium Sponge Plant – KMML |publisher=KMML – Kollam city |access-date=24 August 2015}}</ref> This prestigious and pride institution has recorded 94.5% rise in Quarterly profit recently.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/kmml-posts-945-rise-in-q1-profit/article7477690.ece |title=KMML posts 94.5% rise in Q1 profit |publisher=Business Line |access-date=24 August 2015}}</ref> Defence Ministry unit in India requires more than 1,500 tonnes of TS annually. The Department of Space in collaboration with KMML has set up a 500 tonne per annum (TPA) [[Titanium Sponge Plant in India|titanium sponge plant]] in [[Kollam]] KMML premises to meet their annual requirement of 2,000 tonnes. They have fully commissioned their Titanium sponge plant recently at [[Kollam]] KMML.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/space/isros-titanium-sponge-plant-in-kerala-fully-commissioned_1645082.html |title=ISRO's titanium sponge plant in Kerala fully commissioned |publisher=ZEE News |access-date=24 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/kerala-minerals-and-metals-net-profit-at-all-time-high-112040500027_1.html |title=Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited net profit at all-time high|publisher=Business Standard |access-date=20 August 2014}}</ref>

==Revenue==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Revenue
!Financial Year
!Turnover
!Net Profit
|-
|'''2015-16'''
|{{INRConvert|653.91|c|lk=on}}
|{{INRConvert|3.24|c|lk=on}}
|-
|'''2016–17'''
|{{INRConvert|727.04|c|lk=on}}
|{{INRConvert|40.37|c|lk=on}}
|-
|'''2017–18'''
|{{INRConvert|740.58|c|lk=on}}
|{{INRConvert|181.11|c|lk=on}}
|-
|'''2018-19'''
|{{INRConvert|829.89|c|lk=on}}
|{{INRConvert|163.29|c|lk=on}}<ref>{{cite web|title=KMML declares dividend of ₹2.47 crore|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/kmml-declares-dividend-of-247-crore/article28128194.ece|access-date=25 June 2019|publisher=Business Line}}</ref>
|-
|'''2019-20'''
| --
|{{INRConvert|42|c|lk=on}}
|-
|'''2019-20'''
|{{INRConvert|783|c|lk=on}}
|{{INRConvert|112|c|lk=on}}<ref>{{cite web|title=KMML net profitat ₹112 crore|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kmml-net-profitat-112-crore/article34425464.ece/amp/|access-date=29 April 2021|publisher=Business Line}}</ref>
|}

==Oxygen plant==
An oxygen plant with a production capacity of 70 tonnes, including medical oxygen production capacity of 6 to 7 tonnes per day, is commissioned at KMML in October 2020. They were spending ₹12 crores per annum before, buying oxygen from other manufacturers. Now the plant is supplying oxygen to COVID-19 treatment centers and hospitals in Kerala and other neighboring states also. As of April 2021, it has supplied over 1,100 tonnes of liquid oxygen to various agencies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kollam houses a steady supplier of medical oxygen|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kollam-houses-a-steady-supplier-of-medical-oxygen/article34403671.ece|date=25 April 2021|access-date=28 April 2021|publisher=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Record Oxygen Production At KMML; Delivers 1000 Tonnes To Health Sector In 6 Months|url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/english/news/kerala/kmml-record-oxygen-production-to-kerala-health-sector/4028|date=25 April 2021|access-date=28 April 2021|publisher=Deshabhimani}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* http://www.kmml.com

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[[Category:Metal companies of India]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies of India]]
[[Category:Government-owned companies of Kerala]]
[[Category:Rare earth companies]]
[[Category:Mining in Kerala]]
[[Category:Companies based in Kollam]]
[[Category:Titanium companies]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1932]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1932]]

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