A detailed assessment of global Zr and Ti production
Titanium (Ti) and zirconium (Zr) minerals such as zircon ((Hf,Zr)SiO 4), rutile (TiO 2), ilmenite (FeTiO 3), and leucoxene Footnote 1 are used as crucial feedstocks in a wide variety of end-uses. These minerals are derived from primary (or "hard rock" or "rock") or secondary (or "sedimentary," often "beach sand" or "paleo beach") style …