The fragmented nature of the titanium metal value chain

dc.contributor.authorRoux, Rina Nicolene
dc.contributor.authorVan der Lingen, Elma
dc.contributor.authorBotha, A.P. (Anthon)
dc.contributor.authorBotha, A.E.
dc.contributor.emailelma.vanderlingen@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-11T06:22:01Z
dc.date.available2021-06-11T06:22:01Z
dc.date.issued2020-11
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the fragmented nature of the global and local titanium metal value chains. South Africa has the fourth most abundant titanium reserves in the world. However, South Africa mainly exports titanium ore and imports value-added titanium products, which impacts the potential to derive more economic benefit from this resource. For South Africa to benefit from its titanium reserves, an understanding of the current fragmented nature of the global titanium value chain would assist in entering the global titanium industry. Information on the global and South African titanium value chains was collected by means of a desktop study. It was found that the leading countries operating within both the upstream and the downstream titanium industry are the USA, China, Japan, Russia, and Kazakhstan. The key drivers that caused fragmentation were identified as technology, markets, production costs, and the availability of titanium mineral reserves. An important outcome of this study is the identification of the local need for a technological foundation in support of downstream titanium processing to marketcompetitive titanium mill and powder products.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentGraduate School of Technology Management (GSTM)en_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2021en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThe CSIR Advanced Metals Initiative (AMI) for financial support.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.saimm.co.za/journal-papersen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRoux, R.N., Van der Lingen, E., Botha, A.P., Botes, A.E. 2020 The fragmented nature of the titanium metal value chain. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, vol. 120, no. 11, pp. 633–640 DOI ID: http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.17159/2411-9717/1126/2020.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0038-223X (print)
dc.identifier.issn2225-6253 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.17159/2411- 9717/1126/2020
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/80279
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherSouthern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgyen_ZA
dc.rights© The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2021.en_ZA
dc.subjectFragmentationen_ZA
dc.subjectTitaniumen_ZA
dc.subjectTitanium value chainen_ZA
dc.titleThe fragmented nature of the titanium metal value chainen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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