Indigenous Titanium Sponge Plant at Chavara, Kollam has been fully commissioned and started commercial production of Titanium sponge required for Space applications Titanium (Ti) alloy products find ...

As part of efforts to indigenously produce strategic materials for its space programme, ISRO’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) ...

While politicians on both sides of the aisle have pushed--albeit fitfully--to expand global free trade since the end of World War II, the United States continues to maintain numerous mechanisms ...

Titanium sponge, the basis for titanium metal, is lighter and tougher than steel and is essential for the aerospace industry. The U.S. has become increasingly more concerned with supply constraints ...

The public sector Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited started producing titanium sponge from its Titanium Sponge Plant (TSP) which was inaugurated in February this year by the Defence Minister A.K.

SMM Titanium Express] Sponge titanium production rose 3.49% month-on-month in April 2026, with cumulative year-on-year growth of 11.3%. Prices edged ...

On March 4, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it would be conducting a Section 232 investigation on imports of titanium sponge. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross stated that the ...

Earlier in this series, we made the case for copper being “the metal that built technology.” Some readers took issue with that statement, noting correctly that meteoric iron and gold were worked long ...