China's titanium demand shows good growth momentum, in recent years, in China's rapid economic growth under favorable conditions, the titanium industry has made great strides, especially in 2002, China's titanium industry to get rid of years of languishing situation, entered a new stage of development. That year, China's titanium sponge production hit a record high of more than 3,000 tons, the national demand for titanium reached 6,000-7,000 tons or so, in 2001 on the basis of a 30% increase, continued to grow by 15%. Areas of demand from three aspects: First, the military industrial projects to increase the demand for titanium; Second, the aerospace demand has increased; Third, China's civil applications in the field of breakthrough growth trend. These three areas of growth, stimulating the development of China's titanium industry.

In 2002, titanium first appeared in the construction industry. To the world's attention of the National Grand Theater of the spherical roof with titanium has been determined, Japan's Nippon Steel was selected as the National Grand Theater titanium plate supplier. This is the first application of titanium in China's construction field, creating a precedent in the field of construction, will certainly drive the application of titanium in China's construction market. It is reported that the Hangzhou Grand Theater and the Capital Museum, which are under construction, intend to use titanium for roof and wall panel decoration. In the face of the huge construction market, China's titanium processing enterprises are facing excellent opportunities for development, the development of titanium building materials to adapt to the market.

In 2002, China's titanium application of the traditional areas of development, aircraft, ships, salt, alkali, petrochemical, textile, metallurgy and electric power and other sectors of titanium have increased.

In 2002, titanium in China's civilian consumption has also made great progress, in addition to building materials, in sports and leisure, automotive, medical, computer and other areas of titanium usage is also growing rapidly. For example, the amount of golf heads and clubs has exceeded 1,000 tons.

It can be seen that in the development of the titanium industry, the civil field is to pull the development of the titanium industry, the new impetus and opportunity. From the development of the domestic market in recent years, the domestic market demand for titanium tends to increase, in the “Eighth Five-Year Plan” period, the effective demand for titanium market 8,000 tons, according to the national titanium application of the promotion of the Leading Group Office of the domestic market survey, to 2005 is expected to domestic demand for titanium sponge and titanium processing materials were 7,500 tons and 5,500 tons. tons, by 2010, the domestic demand for titanium sponge and titanium processing materials were more than 10,000 tons.

As a new type of metal material, titanium is an important raw material to support the progress of cutting-edge science and technology, and it is a basic industry for national economic development and industrial upgrading. A country's titanium / steel ratio, is one of its technical level and economic strength of one of the important symbols of several industrially developed countries sponge titanium / steel ratio to maintain in about three out of 10,000, while our country has only zero point three out of 10,000. According to China's industrial level at this stage, the ratio should be about one in ten thousand, if we want to achieve this ratio, titanium market demand will expand more than two times, which shows that China's existing titanium market development potential is huge and promising. In particular, titanium smelting technology, such as major breakthroughs, greatly reducing the cost of titanium production, the demand for titanium will rise explosively. 

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