Titanium production worldwide by country 2022

China was leading producer of titanium minerals globally in 2022. Chinese mine production of ilmenite reached about 3.4 million metric tons of titanium dioxide content in that year, nearly three times the production of Mozambique, the country ranked second in titanium mineral production.

Mine production of titanium minerals worldwide in 2022, by country (in 1,000 metric tons of titanium dioxide content)

Characteristic	Ilmenite	Rutile
China	3,400	-
Mozambique	1,200	8
South Africa*	900	95
Australia	660	190
Senegal	520	9
Canada*	470	-
Norway	430	-
Madagascar*	300	-
Ukraine	200	57
United States**	200	-
India	200	11
Kenya	180	73
Vietnam	160	-
Other countries	77	14
Brazil	32	-
Sierra Leone	-	130

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Release date

January 2023

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

* Mine production is primarily used to produce titaniferous slag.
** U.S. rutile production is included with ilmenite. Figures were rounded to the nearest 100,000 metric tons to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.
All figures are estimates.

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