TODAY AND TOMORROW OF TITANIUM INDUSTRY

This paper describes the outline of titanium mineral resources in the world. The production of titanium mineral feedstocks,titanium dioxide and titanium metal are discussed. Measures are proposed to promote the advance of titanium industry in China against the situation of China joins WTO. The author sets forth a series of technological view, which includes strengthening the post-treatment research of titanium dioxide, proving the product quality of titanium dioxide produced by sulphate process, speeding up the technical study and industrialization of chloride process to gradually reduce the imports of titanium dioxide in high quality from oversea, progressing the development of titanium metal etc.