Abstract:
There are two main types of titanium resources in the world:ilmenite and rutile. The type of global titanium ore resources is ilmenite, rutile is less, and the distribution of resource reserves is extremely uneven, mainly concentrated in Australia, China, India, South Africa, Kenya and other countries. China's titanium ore resources are mainly distributed in Panzhihua-Xichang in Sichuan Province and Chengde in Hebei Province, with poor overall quality. Compared with ilmenite, rutile has higher quality, which makes it produce high-end sponge titanium and high-end titanium powder. Its high-end products are mainly used in aerospace, marine engineering and other industries in emerging areas. Therefore, rutile is listed as a strategic non-metallic mineral in China. More than half of ilmenite produces ordinary titanium dioxide. Its terminal products are used in coatings, papermaking, plastics, daily chemicals and other industries. Due to the production of titanium, a small part of ilmenite is used in chemical industry, electric power, metallurgy, salt making, medicine, leisure sports and other industries in the traditional field. Judging from the consumption structure of our country, the consumption structure of titanium dioxide is basically the same as the world average consumption structure, but the consumption and application structure of titanium material in China is mainly used in traditional fields, and there is still a big gap in the application of new fields. Based on the research on the current situation and utilization trend of China's titanium ore resources, this paper forecasts the trend of China's titanium consumption field, points out some problems existing in China's titanium industry, and puts forward some suggestions aiming at these problems, such as encouraging China's mining enterprises to actively participate in global titanium resource allocation, promoting the combination of production, education and research, establishing demand-oriented links between raw materials and end products, and speeding up the development of high-end titanium products, hoping to effectively ensure the safety of China's titanium ore resources and promote the healthy development of the whole industry.