TIMET to develop new titanium technology

Titanium Metals Corporation has been selected by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to receive approximately USD 12.3 million in government funding over the next four years to lead a program aimed at commercialising the “FFC Cambridge Process.” This process, developed by Dr Derek Fray and others at the University of Cambridge, represents a potential breakthrough technology in the process of extracting titanium from titanium-bearing ores. TIMET will be leading a team of scientists from major defence contractors, including General Electric Aircraft Engines, United Defense Limited Partners and Pratt & Whitney (a division of United Technologies Corporation), as well as the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Cambridge. In connection with the programme, TIMET has negotiated a development and production license for the technology from British Titanium plc. TIMET will conduct the development work at its technical laboratory in Henderson, Nevada.

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