Resource and Energy Efficiency, Recycling and Life-Cycle Analysis

Analysing and reducing the environmental impact during the titanium life-cycle from ore extraction to application and titanium recycling is of high importance in the titanium industry. Titanium production is energy consuming and expensive since the current method of extraction of titanium from the ore includes smelting, chlorination and reduction. Therefore, cost reduction is one of the driving factors for titanium research to broaden its field of application. This could be achieved by life-cycle analyses, the development of more energy efficient production processes and titanium recycling.