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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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1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
| Europe |
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| Norway |
256.889 |
306.281 |
344.211 |
367.019 |
377.968 |
387.500 |
| Russia (Europe) |
24.000 |
25.000 |
25.500 |
25.500 |
26.000 |
27.000 |
| Ukraine |
250.000 |
130.000 |
90.000 |
80.000 |
70.000 |
66.500 |
| total |
530.889 |
461.281 |
459.711 |
472.519 |
473.968 |
481.000 |
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| Africa
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| South
Africa |
1.200.000 |
1.394.877 |
1.400.000 |
1.450.000 |
1.500.000 |
1.130.000 |
| total |
1.200.000 |
1.394.877 |
1.400.000 |
1.450.000 |
1.500.000 |
1.130.000 |
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| Asia |
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| China |
150.000 |
160.000 |
170.000 |
175.000 |
150.000 |
180.000 |
| Egypt |
22.000 |
24.000 |
23.000 |
22.000 |
20.000 |
19.000 |
| India |
240.000 |
240.000 |
220.000 |
280.000 |
300.000 |
265.000 |
| Kazakhstan |
11.500 |
11.300 |
11.000 |
10.800 |
11.000 |
12.000 |
| Malaysia |
63.000 |
61.000 |
60.000 |
59.000 |
95.148 |
61.471 |
| Sri Lanka |
36.550 |
37.000 |
36.800 |
36.500 |
35.000 |
34.000 |
| Vietnam |
49.500 |
50.000 |
51.000 |
52.000 |
54.000 |
56.000 |
| total |
572.550 |
583.300 |
571.800 |
635.300 |
665.148 |
627.471 |
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| America |
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| Brazil |
54.000 |
54.000 |
66.936 |
64.800 |
62.000 |
91.360 |
| Canada |
620.000 |
600.000 |
550.000 |
530.000 |
450.000 |
500.000 |
| United States |
300.000 |
300.000 |
300.000 |
400.000 |
409.000 |
500.000 |
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total |
974.000 |
954.000 |
916.936 |
994.800 |
921.000 |
1.091.360 |
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| Oceania |
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| Australia |
1.351.020 |
1.379.550 |
1.980.000 |
2.000.000 |
2.079.000 |
1.921.000 |
| total |
1.351.020 |
1.379.550 |
1.980.000 |
2.000.000 |
2.079.000 |
1.921.000 |
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| WORLD
TOTAL |
6.552.029 |
6.735.858 |
7.880.247 |
8.187.919 |
8.383.264 |
7.799.302 |
Source: Österreichisches Bundesministerium
für Wirtschaft und Arbeit (Federal Ministry for Economics
and Labour of the Republic of Austria), World Mining Data, April
2006
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