An annual output of 20,000 tons of titanium materials has turned Xinjiang into a new highland for titanium in China

Recently, the production workshop of Xinjiang Xiangsheng New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. has been busy. There have been many orders since the beginning of this year. The company's titanium metal smelting and titanium alloy processing production lines are operating at full capacity. It is expected that this year's titanium and titanium alloy output will increase by more than 50% compared with last year.

Filling industry gaps

Hami City is rich in titanium ore resources and has unique advantages in developing the titanium industry. Xinjiang Xiangsheng settled in Hami City in 2013 and built a new material project with an annual output of 20,000 tons of titanium and titanium alloy. It is the only enterprise in Xinjiang that smelts and produces titanium metal and produces and processes titanium alloy materials. It is also the first in the country that mines titanium from titanium to sponge titanium, titanium materials, titanium alloys, and titanium products. It is a titanium production base with first-class equipment level and leading comprehensive competitiveness in China.

The project in Xiangsheng, Xinjiang, fills the gap in Xinjiang's titanium industry. In 2022, the company's titanium sponge output ranks second in the world and second in the country, and its titanium output ranks third in the world and second in the country. The company mainly produces high-performance titanium alloy plates, high-precision titanium alloy pipes, and high-quality wide-width and large-coil titanium metal heavy strips. They are key basic materials for aerospace equipment, offshore engineering equipment and high-tech ships. In 2022, the second phase of the high-performance titanium and titanium alloy project with an annual output of 30,000 tons will start construction and is expected to be put into operation in 2024.

Achieve industry breakthroughs

At present, Hami City has carried out new plans and designs for the development of the titanium industry. By 2025, Hami City will have an annual production scale of 500,000 tons of titanium concentrate, 100,000 tons of titanium sponge, and 50,000 tons of titanium and titanium alloys, and build the country's largest and most complete industrial chain of titanium and titanium alloy new materials production base, building Hami City into a world titanium city and a future titanium valley, and significantly improving the market influence, competitiveness and sustainable development capabilities of Xinjiang's titanium industry.

promote the development of the industry

As a leading enterprise in Xinjiang's titanium industry, Xinjiang Xiangsheng is duty-bound to promote the development of the industry. In 2021, the company established the Xinjiang Titanium-based New Materials Engineering Technology Research Center. The research content covers titanium slag production technology, production and processing technology of vanadium-containing products, and technology for producing refined titanium tetrachloride from low-grade and multi-variety titanium-rich materials, etc., and has carried out a total of 32 scientific research projects, invested more than 50 million yuan in research and development, applied for 10 invention patents, and added 2 new authorized invention patents, effectively improving the scientific and technological innovation capabilities of Xinjiang's titanium industry and enhancing the company's market competitiveness.

Explore future development

In June this year, the Hami City People's Government and the Civil Products Titanium Enterprise Federation hosted the "China-Hami Green Titanium Industry High-Quality Development and 2023 Civil Products Titanium Enterprises Joint Symposium", inviting industry experts and scholars, business leaders, and relevant autonomous regions The heads of departments and bureaus attended the meeting to discuss and design the future development of Hami City titanium industry. The Hami City People's Government has also signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the National Vanadium and Titanium Industry Alliance, Sichuan Province Vanadium and Titanium Steel Industry Association.

Technology wins the future

The autonomous region and Hami City attach great importance to the development of the titanium industry and have given Xinjiang Xiangsheng a lot of support in terms of policy environment, platform construction, talent support, and scientific and technological innovation. In the future, we are confident that the titanium industry will become a pillar industry for high-quality development in Hami City and a benchmark industry for high-quality development in the autonomous region.