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Chinese company Guangdong Hengtai New Materials has registered the first phase of an integrated titanium materials project in Maoming, Guangdong Province, with a planned investment of RMB3.837 billion (about US$576 million). According to Guandian, which based its report on Guangdong’s investment project records, the company submitted the filing on October 16, 2026, and it was reviewed and cleared that day.
The first phase includes a line to produce 25,000 tonnes of titanium sponge per year, alongside a second line for 100,000 tonnes per year of titanium dioxide made through the chloride process. The sponge line is the part most relevant to additive manufacturing (AM), since titanium sponge sits at the