Growth in the production of titanium minerals for sale to the TiO_2 pigment industry will significantly outpace growth in demand through 2006, according to a new study from AME Mineral Economics. Pigment capacity is expected to rise little between now and 2006, but pigment feedstock capacity will rise some 26 percent to 6.1 million metric tons per year (mtpy) of contained TiO_2 over the same period. This increase will derive largely from projects already being built or to which project owners have committed. The result will be a swing in negotiating power away from titanium miners to pigment manufacturers, who account for 96 percent of titanium demand. Pigment-plant operating rates, currently around 82 percent, are projected rise to 90 percent by 2006, as very little new capacity is being added to the sector. Heavy mineral sands mining capacity, however, will grow significantly. World ilmenite production is projected to increase by 25 percent and natural rutile production by 41 percent. Production of slag, an upgraded derivative of ilmenite, will also rise by 25 percent.
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机译：AME Mineral Economics的一项新研究显示，到2006年，出售给TiO_2颜料行业的钛矿物产量的增长将大大超过需求的增长。预计从现在到2006年，颜料的产能几乎不会增加，但是在同一时期，颜料原料的产能将增长约26％，达到610万吨/年（mtpy）。这种增加将主要来自已经在建的项目或项目所有者已经承诺的项目。结果将导致谈判力量从钛矿工转向颜料制造商，后者占钛需求量的96％。颜料工厂的开工率目前约为82％，预计到2006年将上升到90％，因为该行业几乎没有新增产能。但是，重矿物砂的开采能力将显着增长。世界钛铁矿产量预计将增长25％，天然金红石产量将增长41％。钛铁矿的升级衍生物炉渣的产量也将增长25％。
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