Titanium production by country

This is a list of countries by titanium production based on USGS figures. Units are in metric tons.

Current data

Historical data

India

• Titanium Sponge Plant of India (TSPI) is located at Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd (KMML), Chavara, Kollam district of Kerala.
• Aeroalloy Technologies, a unit of PTC Industries, has world's largest titanium plant with 6,000 ton capacity in DIC Bhatgaon.
• MIDHANI has a dedicated titanium alloy plant of 1,000 ton capacity per annum.

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:
• Zaporizhia Titanium-Magnesium Plant
• United Mining and Chemical Company
• Demurinsky Mining and Processing Plant
• VSMPO Titan Ukraine
• Sumykhimprom

United States

• Allegheny Technologies
• Titanium Metals Corporation

References

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