Titanium production by country explained

This is a list of countries by titanium sponge production based on USGS figures.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]} The production figures are for titanium sponge, units are in metric tons.

Rank	Country/Region	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2020	2021
	World	137,000	186,000	200,000	209,000	194,000	160,000	170,000	210,000	210,000
1	China	57,800	60,000	80,000	105,000	110,000	62,000	60,000	110,000	120,000
2	Japan	31,600	56,000	40,000	42,000	25,000	42,000	54,000	50,000	35,000
3	Russia	25,800	30000	42000	44000	42,000	40,000	38,000	33,000	27,000
4	Saudi Arabia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15,600	3,700
5	Kazakhstan	14,500	20,700	25,000	12,000	9,000	9,000	9,000	15,000	16,000
6	Ukraine	7,400	9,000	10,000	6,300	7,200	7,700	7,500	6,000	5,400
7	India	–	–	–	–	–	500	500	250	250

India

• Titanium Sponge Plant of India (TSPI) is located at Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd (KMML), Chavara, Kollam district of Kerala.

Kenya

• Base Titanium of Australia
• Tiomin Resources of Canada
  • Tiomin Kenya
  • Location: Eldoret; Kwale

Mozambique

• Kenmare Resources of Ireland
  • Kenmare Moma Mining
  • Kenmare Moma Processing
  • Moma Mineral Sands Project
  • Location Nampula Province
  • Involves investment from African Development Bank (ADB); European Investment Bank (BEI), the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA); and the German Development Bank (KfW).
  • Principally mining Ilmenite

Russia

• VSMPO-AVISMA

Sierra Leone

• Sierra Rutile of Ohio; since 1967
  • Location:Bonthe/Port Loko District; Tonkoli District
  • Branch Energy UK
  • Diamond Works
  • Executive Outcomes RSA
  • Sandline International
• Sierra Leone Ore and Metal Company since 1963
  • Location: Mokanji Hills in the Southern Province
• See: 1994 Mines and Minerals Act (Sierra Leone)

South Africa

• BHP
• Anglo American – Namakwa Sands mines
• Richards Bay Minerals RBM
• Kumba Resources – and subsidiary Ticor Limited
• Southern Mining Corporation – Bothaville heavy mineral occurrence
• Mineral Commodities of Australia Xolobeni mine, Transkei Coast.
  • East London Development Zone Corporation (ELDZC) – associated smelting project

Ukraine

• State Property Fund of Ukraine

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• • Zaporizhia Titanium-Magnesium Plant,
  • United Mining and Chemical Company,
  • Demurinsky Mining and Processing Plant,
  • VSMPO Titan Ukraine,^[9]
  • Sumykhimprom

United States

• Allegheny Technologies
• Titanium Metals Corporation

External sources

• Don't Let Titanium Become The Curse Of Kwale; Opinion by Sam Wainaina, The East African (Nairobi), 18 January 2001
• Titanium mining in Mozambique, from Afrol
• Sierra Leone titanium mining overview from Project Underground
• Mining in Sierra Leone, Encyclopedia of the Nations
• MBendi – Republic of South Africa – Heavy Minerals Mining – page
• MBendi – Africa – Heavy Minerals Mining – page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Titanium and titanium dioxide. 2012. 22 March 2014. USGS. Joseph Gambogi.
2. Web site: Titanium and titanium dioxide. 2014. 22 March 2014. USGS. George M. Bedinger.
3. Web site: Titanium and titanium dioxide. Bedinger. George M.. 2015. USGS. 20 December 2017.
4. Web site: Titanium and Titanium Dioxide. Bedinger. George M.. 2016. USGS. 20 December 2017.
5. Web site: Titanium and Titanium Dioxide. Bedinger. George M.. 2017. USGS. 20 December 2017.
6. Web site: Titanium and Titatnium Dioxide . . January 2021.
7. Web site: Mohammad . Mehdi . TITANIUM AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE . U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries, January 2022.
8. News: Ukraine seeks investors in the titanium industry, which could potentially provide up to 5% of the country's GDP . 27 May 2024 .
9. News: Despite the difficulties, russian sanctioned assets in Ukraine will be sold at auctions – State Property Fund of Ukraine .