1. Reserves
In 2020, the reserves of titanium ore in mainland China were 230 million tons, accounting for 32.86 percent of the global reserves, ranking first; in the same year, the reserves of titanium ore in the United States were 2.03 million tons, accounting for 0.29 percent of the world.
2. Yield
In 2019, the output of the titanium mines in mainland China was 2.3 million tons, ranking first in the world; in the same year, the output of the titanium mines in the United States was 210,000 tons, ranking eleventh.
3. Demand
In 2019, the demand for titanium concentrate in mainland China was as high as 7.78 million tons, ranking first; in the same year, the consumption of titanium concentrate in the United States was 2.93 million tons, ranking second.
4. Technology
As of November 2021, 68.05 percent of the global titanium industry patent applications came from mainland China, ranking first; the United States accounted for 11.72 percent of the patent applications, ranking second.
5. Ranking
Among the top ten suppliers of titanium raw materials in the world, Tronox of the United States ranks third; Chinese mainland enterprises are not on the list.
Among the world's top five titanium suppliers, three are American companies: Alcoa, Allegheny Technology, and American Precision Casting; the only one in mainland China is Baoji Titanium.
As of September 2021, among the top 10 companies in the global titanium industry with patent applications, Sinopec ranked sixth (Taiwan's TSMC ranked third); American companies were not on the list.
However, as of November 2021, U.S. companies occupy 6 of the top ten patents in the titanium industry with the highest value in the world: the first and the tenth belong to Intel, the third belongs to Texas Instruments, the fourth comes from Oxia, Opti Sri Lanka Wireless Technology holds the sixth and eighth patents; China's titanium industry patents are not on the list.