Abstract
Titanium metal is produced in several locations around the globe, about 222,000 tons were produced in 2017, and the global capacity is estimated to be much larger at about 280,000 tons. Most the production is conducted in China, with the US and Russia as larger producers. The process of reduction of titanium tetrachloride uses magnesium (Kroll process), the Hunter process using sodium as a reductant is also practices. This chapter discussed the production of titanium sponge from titanium tetrachloride, with a brief description of the processes used to generate and purify titanium tetrachloride. Once titanium sponge is produced it is remelted to produce alloys for use in aircraft, chemical manufacture, medical and other uses.
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