Baoji Titanium Industry Co. Ltd, China’s largest producer of titanium, plans to expand its annual production capacity of titanium products to 10,000tns by 2010. The company, which supplies products to the aerospace and aviation industry, including Boeing Co., produced 4684tns of titanium products in 2006. To secure a stable supply chain, Baoji Titanium is working with Fosun International Ltd, China’s top privately controlled conglomerate, to develop titanium mining projects in the southern province of Hainan.
