Compared to processed taconite iron ore, which is selling for about $60 per ton now, titanium dioxide is selling for about $3,200 per ton, NRRI officials said Thursday.

Ilmenite (FeTiO3) is the essential titanium ore, accounting for up to 47% of the aggregate global production of TiO2, a whitening pigment. The leading worldwide provider of ilmenite ore is Australia, ...

The development may also include a smelting facility that is expected to produce 1.5-million tons a year of pig iron or steel, along with titanium and vanadium slag, within 48 to 60 months of ...

University of Minnesota Duluth researchers on Monday will ask for funding for a project that could eventually lead to titanium mining on the Iron Range. UMD's Natural Resources Research Institute ...

While iron ore sells for about $40 per ton, titanium can range from $200 to more than $2,000 per ton. It’s used to make high-strength alloys for spacecraft and military aircraft as well as ...

It operates mineral sands deposits that contain the titanium-bearing mineral, ilmenite. Trimex Sands Trimex Sands was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

A 2007 analysis of mining titanium on the moon Additive manufacturing could provide a more efficient process for working with lunar titanium. An electrostatic ilmenite separator could process 15,000 ...

DULUTH, Minn. – Scientists say they’ve successfully turned an abundant Minnesota mineral called ilmenite into valuable titanium dioxide in a pilot-scale demonstration project on the Iron Range ...