Titanium production by country

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

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List of countries by titanium production (2024)^[1]

Country	Mineral concentrates[2]			Sponge production[3]
	Total	Ilmenite	Rutile
World	9,360,000	8,910,000	450,000	320,000
China	3,300,000	3,300,000	–	220,000
Mozambique	1,908,000	1,900,000	8,000	–
South Africa	1,400,000	1,300,000	100,000	–
Australia	600,000	400,000	200,000	–
Norway	360,000	360,000	–	–
Canada	350,000	350,000	–	–
Vietnam	331,500	331,500	–	–
Senegal	300,000	300,000	–	–
Madagascar	246,000	240,000	6,000	–
Kenya	228,000	188,000	40,000	–
India	222,000	210,000	12,000	300
South Korea	137,976	137,976	–	–
Ukraine	130,000	120,000	10,000	–
Sierra Leone	118,610	58,610	60,000	–
United States	100,000	100,000	–	–
Malaysia	32,435	24,076	8,359	–
Sri Lanka	32,233	31,492	741	–
Brazil	17,369	17,369	–	–
Kazakhstan	16,000	–	–	14,000
Gambia	12,000	12,000	–	–
Saudi Arabia	9,700	9,700	–	15,000
Turkey	7,226	–	7,226	–
Russia	1,532	1,532	–	20,000
Thailand	2	2	–	–
Japan	–	–	–	55,000

Country	2010	2011[4]	2012	2013[5]	2014[6]	2015[7]	2016[8]	2020[9]	2021[10]
World	137,000	186,000	200,000	209,000	194,000	160,000	170,000	210,000	210,000
China	57,800	60,000	80,000	105,000	110,000	62,000	60,000	110,000	120,000
Japan	31,600	56,000	40,000	42,000	25,000	42,000	54,000	50,000	35,000
Russia	25,800	30,000	42,000	44,000	42,000	40,000	38,000	33,000	27,000
Saudi Arabia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15,600	3,700
Kazakhstan	14,500	20,700	25,000	12,000	9,000	9,000	9,000	15,000	16,000
Ukraine	7,400	9,000	10,000	6,300	7,200	7,700	7,500	6,000	5,400
India	–	–	–	–	–	500	500	250	250

• 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.^[11]
• MIDHANI has a dedicated titanium alloy plant of 1,000 ton capacity per annum.^[12]

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

• 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

• VSMPO-AVISMA

• 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)

• 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

• State Property Fund of Ukraine:^[13]
  • Zaporizhia Titanium-Magnesium Plant
  • United Mining and Chemical Company
  • Demurinsky Mining and Processing Plant^[14]
  • VSMPO Titan Ukraine^[14]
  • Sumykhimprom

• Allegheny Technologies
• Titanium Metals Corporation

• 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

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