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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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2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
| Europe |
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| Norway |
367.019 |
377.968 |
387.500 |
310.000 |
374.000 |
374.000 |
| Russia (Europe) |
25.500 |
26.000 |
27.000 |
28.000 |
30.000 |
34.200 |
| Ukraine |
80.000 |
330.000 |
330.000 |
302.500 |
330.000 |
330.000 |
| total |
472.519 |
733.968 |
744.500 |
640.500 |
734.000 |
738.200 |
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| Africa
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| Sierra Leone |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
71.000 |
84.010 |
| South Africa |
1.450.000 |
1.500.000 |
1.130.000 |
1.100.000 |
1.000.000 |
1.208.000 |
| total |
1.450.000 |
1.500.000 |
1.130.000 |
1.100.000 |
1.071.000 |
1.292.010 |
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| Asia |
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| China |
175.000 |
462.000 |
462.000 |
558.000 |
715.000 |
715.000 |
| Egypt |
22.000 |
66.000 |
66.000 |
60.000 |
66.000 |
66.000 |
| India |
280.000 |
324.406 |
347.613 |
391.513 |
361.613 |
401.500 |
| Kazakhstan |
10.800 |
11.000 |
12.000 |
12.500 |
13.500 |
15.700 |
| Malaysia |
59.000 |
52.331 |
33.089 |
21.007 |
25.107 |
32.621 |
| Sri Lanka |
36.500 |
35.000 |
34.000 |
36.303 |
37.000 |
38.900 |
| Vietnam |
52.000 |
184.236 |
241.540 |
210.548 |
227.448 |
253.240 |
| total |
635.300 |
1.134.973 |
1.196.242 |
1.289.871 |
1.445.668 |
1.522.961 |
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| America |
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| Brazil |
64.800 |
62.000 |
91.360 |
95.000 |
97.000 |
95.600 |
| Canada |
530.000 |
1.045.000 |
1.155.000 |
1.155.000 |
1.320.000 |
1.350.000 |
| United States |
400.000 |
409.000 |
500.000 |
400.000 |
360.000 |
300.000 |
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total |
994.800 |
1.516.000 |
1.746.360 |
1.650.000 |
1.777.000 |
1.745.600 |
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| Oceania |
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| Australia |
2.000.000 |
2.079.000 |
1.921.000 |
2.034.000 |
2.378.000 |
1.736.678 |
| total |
2.000.000 |
2.079.000 |
1.921.000 |
2.034.000 |
2.378.000 |
1.736.678 |
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| WORLD
TOTAL |
8.187.919 |
6.963.941 |
6.738.102 |
6.714.371 |
7.405.668 |
7.035.449 |
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