This is a list of countries by titanium sponge production based on USGS figures.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] The production figures are for titanium sponge, units are in metric tons.
| Rank | Country/Region | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 137,000 | 186,000 | 200,000 | 209,000 | 194,000 | 160,000 | 170,000 | 210,000 | 210,000 | |
| 1 |  China |
57,800 | 60,000 | 80,000 | 105,000 | 110,000 | 62,000 | 60,000 | 110,000 | 120,000 |
| 2 |  Japan |
31,600 | 56,000 | 40,000 | 42,000 | 25,000 | 42,000 | 54,000 | 50,000 | 35,000 |
| 3 |  Russia |
25,800 | 40,000 | 44,000 | 44,000 | 42,000 | 40,000 | 38,000 | 33,000 | 27,000 |
| 4 |  Saudi Arabia |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15,600 | 3,700 |
| 5 |  Kazakhstan |
14,500 | 20,700 | 25,000 | 12,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 | 15,000 | 16,000 |
| 6 |  Ukraine |
7,400 | 9,000 | 10,000 | 6,300 | 7,200 | 7,700 | 7,500 | 6,000 | 5,400 |
| 7 |  India
|
- | - | - | - | - | 500 | 500 | 250 | 250 |
References edit
- ^ Joseph Gambogi (2012). "Titanium and titanium dioxide" (PDF). USGS. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ George M. Bedinger (2014). "Titanium and titanium dioxide" (PDF). USGS. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ Bedinger, George M. (2015). "Titanium and titanium dioxide" (PDF). USGS. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ Bedinger, George M. (2016). "Titanium and Titanium Dioxide" (PDF). USGS. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ Bedinger, George M. (2017). "Titanium and Titanium Dioxide" (PDF). USGS. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2021/mcs2021-titanium.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Mohammad, Mehdi. "TITANIUM AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries, January 2022.