Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited engages in the manufacturing, marketing, and research activities in the mineral processing sector in India. Its primary product is synthetic rutile, a raw material for use in the titanium pigment, and sponge/metal industry. The company also provides by-products, including ferric chloride, which is used as an etching agent, as well as a coagulant for purification of drinking water and for industrial waste water/sewage treatment; ferrous chloride, a coagulant for waste water from paper and pulp and textile processing industries and for waste mud in chromium industries; iron hydroxide for use in cement, steel, and ceramic industries as a substitute for iron ore; recovered TiO2, a substitute for TiO2 for paint industry; CMRL BF protector for use as hearth-protecting material in the blast furnaces; and CMRL rutoweld, a flux for use in welding electrode industry. It also exports its products. Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited was incorporated in 1989 and is based in Aluva, India.