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Titanium (commodity)

Titanium as a traded commodity, distinct from the chemical element. Its mineral feedstocks include ilmenite, whose behaviour in processing depends on features — hematite exsolution, magnesium in the lattice — that vary between bodies carrying the same mineral name.

Classification

commodity class
metal

How this record is known

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Settled consensus
Cited as the accepted position of the discipline.

1 of 1 claims on this page cite at least one registered source. Counts describe how each statement is known, not how likely it is to be true.

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Establishedintergrown at Tellnes and lowering concentrate grade; discrete at Otanmäki and easing separation

Reported for this deposit

A property of a dataset or model, shown here for context — not an observation about this record.

The same survey volume describes two Fennoscandian titanium-bearing oxide systems whose ilmenite sits in opposite textural states, with opposite consequences it states for each. At Tellnes hematite is exsolved WITHIN the ilmenite grains, and the volume gives that as a reason the standard concentrate carries 44 to 45 per cent TiO2 against 52.8 per cent for stoichiometric ilmenite. At Otanmäki recrystallisation left ilmenite and magnetite as DISCRETE, SEPARATE grains, which the volume calls a significant advantage in processing. The mineral name is the same in both; what it does in a plant is not.

  • assertion basis: SOURCE_REPORTED
  • generality: DATASET_PROPERTY
  • definition basis: Two statements the same volume makes about two named deposits, set side by side. Neither consequence is inferred here; both are printed.
  • assumption: This is a contrast between two named systems, not a rule about ilmenite. It does not say which texture is preferable — that depends on the route, and at Tellnes the volume says the intergrowth suits the sulphate route.

Evidence support: Supported by the cited evidence one source

Evidence: (ed.) 2012 Primary authority

In the knowledge graph

  • Titanium (commodity) is documented in Otanmäki
  • Titanium (commodity) is documented in Tellnes

Record last updated 2026-09-09. Corrections follow the published corrections policy; superseded claims are retained, never silently edited.