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Titanium
Titanium minerals are used mainly:
a) in the pigment industry, to produce a pure oxide white pigment,
widely used in paints, papers and polymers (85% of world consumption in
terms of TiO2 content);
b) for the manufacture of welding rods, chemical compounds, fibreglass
and ceramics (10%);
c) in the titanium metal industry for use in commercial and military
aircraft.
Links:
-World Bureau of Metal
Statistics - Statistics 2000 - 2002
Production of Titanium
Thousand Tonnes
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008 |
| Europe |
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| Norway |
387.500
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310.000
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374.000
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374.000
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402.568 |
| Russia (Europe) |
27.000
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28.000
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30.000
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34.200
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35.200 |
| Ukraine |
330.000
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302.500
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330.000
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330.000
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385.000 |
| total |
744.500
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640.500
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734.000
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738.200
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822.768 |
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| Africa |
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| Sierra
Leone |
0
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0
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71.000
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84.010
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52.894 |
| South Africa |
1.130.000
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1.100.000
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1.000.000
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1.208.000
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1.269.400 |
| total |
1.130.000
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1.100.000
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1.071.000
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1.292.010
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1.322.294 |
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| Asia |
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| China |
462.000
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558.000
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715.000
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715.000
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715.000 |
| Egypt |
66.000
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60.000
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66.000
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59.400
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48.400 |
| India |
347.613
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391.513
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361.613
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401.500
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413.600 |
| Kazakhstan |
12.000
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12.500
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13.500
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15.700
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15.700 |
| Malaysia |
33.089
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21.007
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25.107
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32.621
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20.230 |
| Sri Lanka |
34.000
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36.303
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37.000
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38.900
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33.126 |
| Vietnam |
241.540
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210.548
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227.448
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253.240
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350.250 |
| total |
1.196.242
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1.289.871
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1.445.668
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1.516.361
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1.596.306 |
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| America |
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| Brazil |
91.360
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95.000
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97.000
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95.600
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73.150 |
| Canada |
1.155.000
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1.155.000
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1.320.000
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1.350.000
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1.123.100 |
| United States |
500.000
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400.000
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360.000
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300.000
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300.000 |
| total |
1.746.360
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1.650.000
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1.777.000
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1.745.600
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1.496.250 |
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| Oceania |
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| Australia |
1.219.000
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1.294.000
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1.529.000
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1.599.000
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1.470.000 |
| total |
1.219.000
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1.294.000
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1.529.000
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1.599.000
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1.470.000 |
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| WORLD TOTAL |
6.036.102
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5.974.371
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6.556.668
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6.891.171
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6.707.618 |
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