-TABLE 2 | ||||||
-U.S. TITANIUM METAL PRODUCTION CAPACITY IN 20121, 2 | ||||||
(Metric tons per year) | ||||||
Yearend capacitye | ||||||
Company | Plant location | Sponge | Ingot3 | |||
Alcoa Howmet | Whitehall, MI | -- | 3,200 | |||
Allegheny Technologies Inc. | Albany, OR | (4) | 10,900 | |||
Do. | Monroe, NC | -- | 23,200 | |||
Do. | Richland, WA | -- | 10,000 | |||
Do. | Rowley, UT | 10,900 | -- | |||
Alloy Works LLC | Greensboro, NC | -- | 1,800 | |||
Honeywell Electronic Materials Inc. | Salt Lake City, UT | 500 | -- | |||
Perryman Co. | Houston, PA | -- | 1,800 | |||
RTI International Metals, Inc. | Niles, OH | -- | 13,600 | |||
Titanium Metals Corp. | Henderson, NV | 12,600 | 12,300 | |||
Do. | Morgantown, PA | -- | 40,700 | |||
Do. | Vallejo, CA | -- | 800 | |||
Total | 24,000 | 118,000 | ||||
eEstimated. Do. Ditto. -- Zero.- | ||||||
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||
2Estimated operating capacity based on 7-day-per-week full production. | ||||||
3Includes electron-beam, plasma, and vacuum-arc-remelting capacity. | ||||||
4In July 2009, sponge capacity of 9,980 metric tons per year was temporarily idled, and did not- | ||||||
operate in 2012. |
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices