Titanium: Production
China and Mozambique lead a spread-out supply
What this tab covers Who produces it and how much: world output over recent years, the top producing countries with their shares, USGS world figures for 2024 and 2025, and the largest producing companies globally and in India.World Mining Data puts output at 9.0 Mt of TiO2 in 2024, flat since 2022. USGS gives 9.68 Mt TiO2 content for 2024 and 9.8 Mt for 2025. China leads with 36%, then Mozambique (21%) and South Africa (11%). The HHI of 1,987 means moderate concentration. Downstream, China dominates more clearly. It holds about 6.0 Mt of the world's 9.9 Mt pigment capacity and produced 260,000 t of the 370,000 t of sponge in 2025. The United States produced no sponge in 2025.
Titanium (TiO2) · WMD
2020 8.55 m 2021 8.55 m 2022 8.97 m 2023 9.04 m 2024 9.01 m World production, tonnes (World Mining Data 2026).Top producers 2024
China 36.2% Mozambique 21.1% South Africa 11.3% Australia 5.4% Canada 4.7% Norway 3.7% Senegal 3.6% Madagascar 3.1% Concentration: HHI 1,987, moderately concentrated.USGS estimate
World, 2024 9,680 thousand metric tons, TiO2 content (ilmenite and rutile mine production) World, 2025e 9,800 thousand metric tons, TiO2 content (ilmenite and rutile mine production)Largest producers by company, global
- LB Group (Lomon Billions): 1.28 Mt TiO2 pigment (plus 71.3 kt sponge and 1.45 Mt titanium concentrate) (2025)
- Iluka Resources: 559 kt zircon, rutile and synthetic rutile (zircon 159.2, rutile 78.9, SR 209.9; plus ilmenite 335.2 kt) (2025)
- Kenmare Resources: 842 kt ilmenite (plus 50 kt zircon, 8.6 kt rutile) (2025)
- Japanese sponge producers (Osaka Titanium, Toho Titanium): 53 kt sponge (Japan total) (2025)
Largest producers by company, India
- IREL (India) Ltd: 262,900 t/yr processed minerals capacity at Chavara (ilmenite, rutile, zircon, sillimanite) (not dated)
- Kerala Minerals and Metals (KMML): 40,000 t/yr TiO2 pigment capacity (declared 2005) (2005)