Titanium processing Extraction and refining | Britannica
2 #0183;#32;Titanium processing Titanium processing Extraction and refining: The production of titanium metal accounts for only 5 percent of annual titanium mineral consumption; the rest goes to the titanium pigment industry. Pigments are produced using either a sulfate process or a more environmentally acceptable carbochlorination process (described below) that converts TiO2 into TiCl4.