Development and Problems of the Titanium Sponge Production Technology in China

The rapid development of China's titanium sponge production,including capacity and technological progress(the international mainstream technologies have been applied in the main processes),are described in the paper.The problems of China's titanium sponge industry,such as overcapacity,shortage of titanium mineral feedstocks,and incomplete cycling of chlorine and magnesium are analyzed.The ways to solve the problems in China's titanium sponge industry are pointed out,including forming a complete set of advanced technologies and equipments,consistent supply of raw materials and stable marketing channels or self-possessed titanium material processing systems,so as to make full use of titanium sponge production capacity in China.